Press Releases

  • Boost Popular “Cash for Clunkers” Program
    Jul 31, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today voted to increase funding for the “Cash for Clunkers” program, H.R. 3435. The initial launch has been so successful in encouraging Americans to trade in their old gas guzzlers for new fuel-efficient cars that funding quickly ran out. Congress acted swi... More
  • Spur Economic Recovery By Investing In Housing, Transportation Infrastructure
    Jul 23, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today voted in support of H.R. 3288, the FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act that will help create jobs by funding projects to improve America’s housing and transportation infrastructure.  H.R. 3288 passed the House b... More
  • $760 Million in Direct Loans to Farmers and Producers
    Jul 16, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today announced $760 million from the Supplemental Appropriations Act signed by President Barack Obama is now available for approved, but previously unfunded, U.S. Department of Agriculture direct farm ownership and operating loans throughout the country. "... More
  • Congresswoman Hirono Co-Sponsors Bold Initiatives to Boost Quality Early Education
    Jul 15, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today announced the introduction of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, H.R. 3221, in the House Education and Labor Committee. Congresswoman Hirono is an original co-sponsor of the comprehensive bill that, among other priorities, focuses o... More
  • Congresswoman Hirono Hosts Panel Discussion on First-ever Poll Focused on Women Immigrants in the U.S.
    Jul 14, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today hosted a panel to discuss the results of a first-ever poll on the status of women immigrants in America.  The discussion, titled “Women Immigrants: The New Face of Migration in America,” centered on the implications of the historic poll taken by the no... More
  • Spur Economic Recovery By Investing In Housing, Transportation Infrastructure
    Jul 12, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today voted in support of H.R. 3288, the FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act that will help create jobs by funding projects to improve America’s housing and transportation infrastructure.  H.R. 3288 passed the House b... More
  • Hirono Votes for Military Construction-Veterans Spending Bill and Secures $6,296,000 in Military Construction Funding for Hawai‘i
    Jul 10, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today voted in support of H.R. 3082, the FY2010 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. H.R. 3082 passed the House by a vote of 415 yeas to 3 nays. The legislation includes $6,296,000 in FY2010 military construction funding for two p... More
  • Congresswoman Hirono Secure $16.2 million in Hawaii Funding in the FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
    Jul 9, 2009  - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the FY2010 Agriculture Appropriations bill, H.R. 2997, which funded several requests Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) submitted to the House Appropriations Committee in April.  The Committee approved 13 of Hirono’s requests totaling $16,21... More
  • Congresswoman Hirono Votes to Support Small Business Research and Innovation
    Jul 9, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) yesterday voted with an overwhelming bipartisan majority (386-41) to pass the Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act, H.R. 2965. The bill updates and expands two grant programs: the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Busine... More
  • $805,594 in Federal Funding to Help Meet Kaua‘i County’s Housing Needs
    Jul 8, 2009  - Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) today announced the awarding of $805,594 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to assist Kaua‘i County in its efforts to meet the housing, public facility, public service, and economic development needs of its low and moderate inc... More

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