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Hawaii Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $42 Million In Federal Grants To Expand Access To Trees And Green Space In Communities Throughout The State

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 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (HI-01) and Jill Tokuda (HI-02) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $42,585,500 in grants to nine organizations to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat, and improve access to green space in communities throughout the state.…

Remarks by Congressman Ed Case in support of the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act of 2023

| Posted in Speeches & Testimony

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1567, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act of 2023. Drought conditions and invasive grasses throughout the country in recent years have compounded the threat of wildfires, and the recent wildfires on Maui serve as a tragic reminder of how serious the risks are. These wildfires devastated a vibrant community…

Case Contracts Covid; Will Not Join U.S. House Speaker-Led Delegation To Maui Today To Review Wildfire Tragedy And Disaster Response

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i -1st), who was scheduled to join a U.S. House of Representatives member delegation to Maui today led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (California-20th), tested positive for COVID-19 this morning and will not attend. The delegation, which includes U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (Ohio-14th), Chair of the House…

Case Urges Hawaii Veterans Who May Be Eligible For Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxins (PACT) Act Benefits, But Who Have Not Yet Applied, To Apply By August 9th To Assure Retroactive Benefits

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today urged Hawai‘i veterans and their survivors who may be eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care benefits under the historic PACT Act of August 2022, and who have not yet applied for PACT Act benefits, to file or at least complete and submit an intent to file before Wednesday, August 9th to preserve…

Case Introduces Measure To Ban Discriminatory Treatment And Pricing Of Shipping Of Goods To U.S. Locations Outside Of Continent

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) today announced the  introduction of a bill in the U.S. House to end what he called in remarks in the Congressional Record “the exclusionary and discriminatory practices of private shipping services to Hawai‘i and the other non-contiguous parts of our country.”  Case said Hawai‘i, located almost 2,500 miles off the West…

Case Visits Hawai‘i Army National Guard On Advanced Combat Training In Louisiana

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(Washington, DC) --  U.S. Congressman Ed Case on Friday joined the Hawai‘i  Army National Guard’s lead 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (29th IBCT) in the middle of a month-long advanced combat training exercise at the U.S. Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Johnson, Louisiana. The 29th IBCT is the lead component in the exercise and incorporates Guard units…

Case Critical Of His House Appropriations Committee's Approved Measures Funding Federal Transportation, Housing, Urban Development And Public Lands And Natural Resources Protection

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today passed two key measures funding federal programs addressing transportation, housing, urban development, environmental protection, public lands, natural resources, indigenous peoples and other areas. The measures propose funding for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1,…