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Case Gives Big Boost to Smallest USA Uniformed Service

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) has introduced into the U.S. House a proposal to place a specialized team within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that counts the famous “Hurricane Hunters” among its members on par with all other uniformed services. Case’s co-introducers are Republican Congressman Don Young of Alaska, the senior…

Case Reaches Out to the FAA

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(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) on April 30, 2019 released the following letter addressed to Raquel Girvin, the Regional Administrator for the Western-Pacific Region of the Federal Aviation Administration. In his letter to Regional Administrator Girvin, Case also attached the letter he received April 29, 2019, from Hawai‘i State Representative Cynthia Thielen,…

Case: Disturbing Mueller Report Cannot Stop Here

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today commented on the heavily-redacted March 2019 Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Race by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III. “The report is substantially redacted. What do we still not know? Any decision as to what more should be disclosed to whom and under what…

Case Praises Work of Astronomers Atop Mauna Kea

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) gave the following speech on the floor of the U.S. House today shortly after announcement of the scientific breakthrough at simultaneous news conferences around the world: Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the groundbreaking contributions of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and Submillimeter…

Member Day Testimony to House Armed Services Committee on Indo-Pacific Priorities in the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

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Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Thornberry, distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this year’s NDAA. The National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy affirmed the reemergence of long-term strategic competition with other great powers as the central challenge to our national security. No country poses as significant a…

Ed Case to Hold Talk Story Sessions

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) will hold a series of Talk Story with Congressman Case community meetings throughout the First District over the first weekend in April. The open houses follow his first mailed newsletter to residents of  his congressional district stretching from Makapu’u to Mililani and Ko Olina with a population of some…

Remarks by Rep. Ed Case on H.R. 1, Amendment 56 (Empowering Small Dollar Donations)

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Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) testified in support of his amendment to H.R. 1: For the People Act, which incentivizes political parties to prioritize small-dollar donations in supporting candidates. The full text of his written testimony on the House floor is below: "Thank you, Mr. Chair. I rise today to speak in favor of my proposed amendment. This amendment will…

Case Testifies at Member Day in House Budget Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Indo-Pacific Priorities

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This morning, Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) testified at Member Day (when Members can present to committees) in the House Budget Committee on the importance of fiscal responsibility and a budget that reflects our strategic priorities, especially in the Indo-Pacific region. The full text of his written testimony to the Committee is below: "Chairman Yarmuth, Ranking Member…

Member Day Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations on East-West Center and Indo-Pacific Priorities

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Chairwoman Lowey, Ranking Member Rogers, distinguished Members of the Committee:   Thank you for this opportunity to testify today in support of priorities important to Hawai‘i and the Indo-Pacific region. Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has helped to build a free and open order in the Indo-Pacific region that guaranteed security, enhanced trade and…

Case Urges Navy to Fully Fund Broken Pearl Harbor-Hickam Water Line Replacement

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(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1), who yesterday personally inspected the Navy’s Pearl City-Waiawa main water line that ruptured last Friday, today urged senior Navy officials in the Pentagon to immediately and fully implement without delay an already-appropriated replacement project.  “This one line services much of the vital water needs of some 92,000…