Press Releases

(WASHINGTON, DC)  – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-Hawai‘i) and Jill Tokuda (D-Hawai‘i) introduced two bills that will improve air tour safety and reduce noise for local residents. The Air Tour and Skydiving Safety Improvement Act, first introduced by Senators Schatz and Hirono in 2020, will create new safety… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today applauded the decision announced this Wednesday by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to not tax emergency assistance given to an estimated 1,700 resident families who were temporarily relocated from their homes due to the Red Hill fuel crisis in 2022. “When I heard from constituents who were receiving 1099 income forms from the IRS… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced that he will host six in-person open house Talk Story community meetings across his Congressional district next week. The meetings, at which Case will update his constituents on his activities in Congress, listen to concerns, answer questions and provide assistance, are his first personal Talk Stories since COVID-19 imposed… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today welcomed the announcement by the United States Coast Guard that it will deploy the Harriet Lane, a 270-foot Cutter with a 100-person crew, to Hawai‘i. The Coast Guard plans to use the Medium Endurance Cutter as an addition to a Hawai‘i-based fleet for responsibilities in Hawai‘i waters as well as an increasing Coast Guard presence… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today applauded President Biden’s direction to the Secretary of Commerce to initiate consideration of designation of the waters of the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands as a National Marine Sanctuary. The action follows Case’s calls, commencing in May 2022 in partnership with the Pacific Remote Islands Coalition and others, for maximum protection… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has been appointed as one of four Vice Chairs and on the eight-member Executive Council of the U.S. House Problem Solvers Caucus, an official caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives consisting of 63 House Members equally divided between Democrats and Republicans (one position being filled). “I’m truly looking forward to continuing… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – All four members of Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation sent a letter today to Mr. Douglas O’Donnell, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), expressing their “deep concern” that the IRS “may tax emergency assistance provided to individuals in response to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (Red Hill) drinking water crisis.” The letter goes on to… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the winners of his 2022 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 (HI-01) today announced reintroduction in the current 118th Congress of his Safe and Quiet Skies Act to impose strict safety regulations on commercial air tour operations to include helicopters and small planes. H.R. 1071 would direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has virtually exclusive jurisdiction over such aircraft, to… Read more »

(Washington, DC) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), following on his reappointment to the House Appropriations Committee, has also been reappointed to the House Natural Resources Committee for a third term. The Committee’s broad jurisdiction includes federal environmental protection and conservation laws and programs, federal lands, energy and mineral resources, water, oceans and wildlife,… Read more »