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Case Announces Nominations To Nation's Service Academies For Incoming '25 Class

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Tags: National Security

(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced his 2025 nominations our nation’s four service academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point/Army); U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis/Navy); U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs/Air Force) and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point). “I take my responsibility to nominate deserving applicants from my district to our…

Case Announces Final U.S. House Approval Of The Annual National Defense Authorization Act Including $1.4 Billion In Military Construction Projects For Hawaii

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the full U.S. House has approved the final version of the $883.7 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA is the major annual measure authorizing and directing our national defense. The FY 2025 NDAA now goes to the U.S. Senate, which is expected to approve the bill as well before…

Case Announces $40 Million Federal Grant To Improve Resiliency Of O‘ahu Power Grid Serving Both Military And Civilian Communities

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Tags: Environment, National Security

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-HI-01) today announced that a $40 million grant funded by the landmark 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) will develop a back-up power source for O‘ahu’s electric grid, providing resiliency to both military and civilian communities in the event of disruptions from various sources.  The federal grant award will fund…

Congressman Case on U.S. - India Indo-Pacific Dialogue

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Tags: National Security, Foreign Relations

U.S. – INDIA INDO-PACIFIC DIALOGUE Pacific Forum Hilton Garden Inn Kauai June 24 – 25, 2024     ALOHA! I’M U.S. CONGRESSMAN ED CASE   I TRULY REGRET THAT I JUST COULDN’T MAKE MY CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE WORK TO JOIN YOU PERSONALLY ON KAUA’I. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS BUT ESPECIALLY TO LISTEN TO YOURS.   LET ME FIRST…

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

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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…

Hawaii Is Designated For The Most Military Construction Funding Of Any State In The Upcoming Fiscal Year Under U.S. House Appropriations Committee-Approved Measure

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Tags: National Security

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) reported that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, approved today by the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, includes over $1.55 billion in military construction projects for Hawai‘i, the most of any state. “This major funding for critical Hawai‘i projects…