(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the full U.S. House has approved the $886 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including his priorities on strengthening America’s national security interests in the Indo-Pacific, boosting Hawaii’s economy and continuing to improve the relationship between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)… Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the winners of his 2023 Congressional App Challenge for Hawai‘i’s First Congressional District at a reception at the Entrepreneurs Sandbox in Kaka‘ako.
“The Challenge is a great opportunity for our local students to focus their skills and creativity on developing, testing and analyzing new applications for real-world use,” said… Read more »
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-First District) made the following statement on the announcement today of the proposed acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines:
“My earliest memories include flying with my dad on Hawaiian Airlines from Hilo to the Big City. So, like all of us it is difficult to accept that this truly kamaʻāina company, such… Read more »
(HONOLULU, HI) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i -First District) will host another of his series of Talk Story community meetings, this one focused on veterans, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 in Honolulu.
“As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, responsible for all federal discretionary funding including programs and services for our nation’s veterans, I look forward… Read more »
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai’i-1st) today voted to remove U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (California-20th) as Speaker of the House.
“I considered my vote every which way, take no pleasure in it, and worked for alternatives” said Case, Vice Chair of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus. “The last thing I want to do is support the small minority within… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-01) made the following statement on his vote today in the U.S. House to prevent a federal government shutdown tonight and add $16 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Disaster Relief Fund:
“The deep division and polarization on Capitol Hill should never have been allowed to take Congress to the brink of… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (HI-01) and Jill Tokuda (HI-02) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $42,585,500 in grants to nine organizations to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat, and improve access to green space in communities throughout the state.… Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i -1st), who was scheduled to join a U.S. House of Representatives member delegation to Maui today led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (California-20th), tested positive for COVID-19 this morning and will not attend.
The delegation, which includes U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (Ohio-14th), Chair of the House… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today urged Hawai‘i veterans and their survivors who may be eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care benefits under the historic PACT Act of August 2022, and who have not yet applied for PACT Act benefits, to file or at least complete and submit an intent to file before Wednesday, August 9th to preserve… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) today announced the introduction of a bill in the U.S. House to end what he called in remarks in the Congressional Record “the exclusionary and discriminatory practices of private shipping services to Hawai‘i and the other non-contiguous parts of our country.”
Case said Hawai‘i, located almost 2,500 miles off the West… Read more »
