Press Releases

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) was given the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation’s prestigious 2023 Leadership Award during a recent 600-person gala in Washington, DC which wrapped up the annual Capitol Hill Ocean Week bringing together advocates for the world’s oceans. The Foundation honors one or two political leaders per year who demonstrate a… Read more »

(Washington, DC) –  Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved two key measures – one funding national defense programs and one funding energy and water programs – that are among twelve bills to collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The FY 2024 Defense Appropriations bill… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved a key measure funding federal homeland security programs nationally and in Hawai‘i for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The FY 2024 Homeland Security bill, one of twelve total bills funding the federal government annually, proposes to spend $91.5 billion… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has announced approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of a key measure funding agriculture and food security programs nationally and in Hawai‘i that is among twelve bills to collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The FY 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved the first of twelve bills that will collectively fund the federal government for FY 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The FY 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill proposes to fund construction and maintenance of our defense facilities… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) will join the arrival of the Hōkūleʻa at Auke Bay in Juneau this Saturday as the iconic Polynesian voyaging canoe and crew continue their historic circumnavigation of the Pacific. “Our country is a Pacific nation, and together with my home state of Hawai‘i and the rest of our Pacific Islands ‘ohana, we continue to… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today announced that Honolulu nonprofit Lanakila Pacific, best known for its popular “Meals on Wheels” program, will receive a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fortify its facility to protect critical reserve food supplies during severe storms. “Super Typhoon Mawar and its… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today highlighted a new report from the Biden Administration itemizing some $1.2 billion in federal funding announced to date for 59 key infrastructure projects throughout Hawai‘i under the November 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The report includes a state-by-state summary of progress in infrastructure reinvestment… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) was honored last night with the 2023 Special Congressional Award by the Small Business Council of America (SBCA) during an event held in Washington, DC. The SBCA is a national, non-profit organization representing the interests of 100,000 privately held and family-owned businesses. “I am honored to receive this award, but… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) announced the winners of his Hawai’i District 1 2023 Congressional Art Competition during an awards ceremony at the Bishop Museum on Thursday, where entries had been on public display. “With more than 70 art pieces entered this year from public, private and home-schooled high school students, this was my largest number of… Read more »