(Honolulu, HI) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced a federal award of $850,000 to help the state combat homelessness in Hawaii’s disabled community. “The challenge of homelessness is recognized by all of us on the federal, state, local and community level, and we must continue to work together to help those who need a helping hand – in this case, disabled individuals who are homeless,” s... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) introduced on Friday H.R. 4232, a measure to confirm that Internet platforms who knowingly market illegal short-term vacation rentals can be held liable under state and local law. His “Protecting Local Authority and Neighborhoods” (PLAN) Act would end abusive litigation by Internet-based short-term rental platforms like AirBnb, HomeA... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today strongly criticized the President’s announcement of a planned diversion of $3.6 billion in already appropriated funds for high-priority military projects to build a border wall not authorized or funded by Congress. Case was informed today that among the projects affected are two in Hawai’i considered by the Department of Defens... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today announced the first-ever formation of the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus, which he will co-chair along with three high-ranking U.S. House colleagues. “I have been convinced for some time that our country’s and world’s future are in the Indo-Pacific, and the islands of the Pacific are a key yet too-often-overlooked part of... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today joined liked-minded colleagues in unveiling a comprehensive plan to restore fiscal responsibility to our federal budget. Case, a member of the Blue Dog Democrat Coalition and Co-Chair, along with colleague Congressman Ben McAdams of Utah of the Coalition’s Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility and Government Reform, rolled out th... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) announced that today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3351, the Financial Services & General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2020. The bill is the tenth of twelve appropriations bills reported to the full House by the Committee on Appropriations, on which Case serves, and funding a total of more than $1.3 t... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today announced the following grant awards to the state of Hawai‘i from the U.S Department of Transportation. “These awards will assist with the on-going work to upgrade our airports in Hawai‘i ,” said Case. “These grants will help to facilitate those improvements – with one award to go directly to the Daniel K. Inouye International ... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) announced that today the U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3055, the second of four measures that the House Committee on Appropriations recommended to fund over $383 billion of discretionary federal government agencies, programs and services for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 commencing October 1st of this year. Case is a member o... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) announced that today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2740, the first upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations bill including close to $1 trillion in overall federal spending and millions in federal funding for Hawai’i-specific programs. The full House approved the overall recommendations of its Committee on Appropriatio... Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today voted with his House colleagues on final passage of a disaster aid bill with millions slated to help communities in Hawai‘i hard hit by natural disasters last year. “Today I voted to pass a bi-partisan, bicameral disaster supplemental package that will now go to the President’s desk for signature,” said Case. “This bill will pr... Read more »
