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Congressman Case Criticizes Deletion of Climate Change Resiliency Funding from Defense Department in FY25 Appropriations

| Posted in Speeches & Testimony
Tags: Environment, National Security

Mr. Chairman I rise toady in support for the Ranking Member's Amendment.  It is deeply frustrating to see in this critically important bill, one that must lay the foundation to enable the Department of Defense to compete with our pacing challenges, namely Russia and China, be out shadowed by partisan provisions injecting divisive issues into the bill. This partisanship detracts…

Case Praises New Partnerships Among Twenty Federal, State, Local and Non-Governmental Entities And Congress To Help Conserve Two Million Acres In Hawai‘i

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Environment

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announcement today the designation of two million acres throughout the State of Hawai‘i as a Sentinel Landscape, a federal program that makes these lands eligible for millions in funding to support conservation efforts. The program creates partnerships between federal agencies, state and local governments, private landowners, land managers…

Case Calls For Restrictions On Importing Ornamental Reef Fish and Coral Species Collected By Destructive Practices Into The United States

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Environment

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-First District) has introduced into Congress proposed federal legislation to protect the world’s fragile coral reef ecosystems by restricting international imports of protected ornamental reef fish and coral species collected through destructive practices.  Case’s H.R. 6447, the Saving Natural Ecosystems and Marine Organisms…

Congressman Case's House Floor Statement on H.R. 6447, the Saving Natural Ecosystems and Marine Organisms Act

| Posted in Speeches & Testimony
Tags: Environment

Statement on House Floor in support of H.R. 6447, the Saving Natural Ecosystems and Marine Organisms Act  Congressman Ed Case, Hawai‘i District One November 17, 2023 Mr. Speaker: I rise today to urge my House colleagues to join in protecting our world’s fragile coral reef ecosystems by restricting international imports of protected ornamental reef fish and coral species…

Case and Tokuda Introduce Measure To Combat Invasive Species in Hawai‘i

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Tags: Environment

(Washington, DC) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), and Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced the introduction of their Hawai’i Invasive Species Protection Act, a bill to require that baggage and cargo transporting into the State of Hawai‘i by air or sea be pre-inspected for invasive species and high-risk agricultural materials, in the same manner as similar baggage and cargo…