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Aug. 6, 2020 Letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Rosen, Harris Lead Letter Calling on CBP to Fully Adhere to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Protect Unaccompanied Children at the Southern Border Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 5, 2020 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, and House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy - Warren, Smith, Colleagues Call on Senate Leadership to Secure Child Care Relief in the Next COVID-19 Stimulus Package Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 16, 2020 Cardin, Schumer, Senate Democrats Announce Historic Proposal For $350 Billion Investment In Communities Of Color Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 11, 2020 Hirono Secures Authorization for Construction of Two Military Child Care Centers in Hawaii in NDAA Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 1, 2020 Schatz: USDA Approves New Program to Help Hawai'i Families, Feed More Than 93,000 Children Eligible for Free, Reduced School Meals Sen. Brian Schatz
May 29, 2020 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Senator Hassan, Colleagues Call for Robust Support for Children's Mental Health Care in Upcoming COVID-19 Response Legislation Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
May 29, 2020 Letter to Dr. Robert Redfield, Director for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Reed Seeks to Boost Child Immunization Rates Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Durbin, Colleagues Urge Senate Leadership To Include Funding For Children's Hospitals And Health Providers In Future COVID-19 Relief Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 20, 2020 Letter to Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Chairman Shelby, and Vice Chairman Leahy - Wyden, Merkley Join Bipartisan Push to Increase Funding to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence & Pets in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
May 8, 2020 Letter to Pam Miller, Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service - Levin, Moore Lead 95 House Members Urging Commonsense Flexibility for WIC Use During COVID-19 Crisis Rep. Ed Case, ...
April 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Shaheen & Hassan Call for Childcare Support for Working Parents in Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 28, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Harris, Colleagues Push to Include $50 Billion Childcare Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Backed by Large Group of Senate Colleagues, Sens. Tina Smith and Elizabeth Warren Press to Include $50 Billion Childcare Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Congresswoman Escobar and Senator Harris Lead Colleagues in Demanding Release of Detained Children Amid COVID-19 Crisis Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 23, 2020 Letter to Lynn Johnson, Administration for Children and Families, and Laura Rogers, Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women - Wyden Urges Administration to Help Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence During Coronavirus Pandemic Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 21, 2020 Senators Warren, Smith, Casey, Hirono, Kaine & Booker Urge Senate Leaders to Support Child Care in Coronavirus Stimulus Package Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 21, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - U.S. Senators Smith, Warren, Casey, Hirono, Kaine & Booker Urge Senate Leaders to Support Child Care in Coronavirus Stimulus Package Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 6, 2020 Sullivan, Hirono, Introduce Bill to Reunite Korean Americans with Long-Separated Family Members in North Korea Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 4, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Christi Grimm, Principal Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Durbin, Murray, Senators Call On HHS & DHS IGs To Investigate Reported "Weaponizing" Of Confidential Therapy Sessions To Deport Children Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Jan. 23, 2020 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Lawmakers Call on Administration to Ban Flavored Vaping Products Rep. Ed Case, ...
Dec. 19, 2019 USA Today - Here's how Congress cooperated to fight child sex abuse images on government computers Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
Dec. 16, 2019 Schatz Legislation To Raise Smoking, Vaping Age To 21 Included In Bipartisan Spending Deal Sen. Brian Schatz
Nov. 27, 2019 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Democrats Slam Trump Administration over Latest Walk Back from Strong Tobacco Regulation Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
Nov. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Merkley, Wyden Join Senate Democrats to Slam Trump Administration's Walk Back from Strong Tobacco Regulation Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Sept. 25, 2019 Paid Family and Medical Leave Sen. Brian Schatz
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Reduce Youth Tobacco Use & Vaping Epidemic Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 21, 2019 Hirono on Trump Administration's Rule to Indefinitely Detain Migrant Children: "No Amount of Cruelty is Enough for this Administration. We Need to Fight Back" Sen. Mazie Hirono
Aug. 8, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Sewell, Sen. Sanders, 130+ Members of Congress Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Food Assistance Rule Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 7, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Senators Hirono, Udall, Democratic Colleagues Call on EPA to Ban Toxic Pesticide Sen. Mazie Hirono
July 30, 2019 Momentum Builds for Bipartisan, Bicameral Markey Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
June 24, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - U.S. Senator Tina Smith Continues Fight to Secure Health Committee Hearing on Negative Consequences of Family Separation on Children Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Senator Warren and Colleagues to Congressional Budget Negotiators: Make Child Care, Affordable Housing, and Addressing the Climate Crisis Top Priorities Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 22, 2019 Senators Hirono, Blunt, Collins, Klobuchar Introduce Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019 Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 17, 2019 Schatz, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help The Defense Department Take on Child Pornography Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
April 11, 2019 Schatz Introduces New Legislation To Provide Federal Workers With Paid Family Leave Sen. Brian Schatz
April 1, 2019 Senators Hirono, Casey Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Financial Relief for Families with Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 13, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar, HHS - Revoke Waiver Allowing South Carolina Child Welfare Agencies to Discriminate Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
March 13, 2019 Durbin & Senators Reintroduce Bill To Protect Children's Online Privacy Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Feb. 26, 2019 Hirono, Murray, Casey, Scott, and Sablan Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation to Expand Child Care and Early Learning Programs Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Feb. 26, 2019 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Sen. Mazie Hirono
Feb. 26, 2019 Raskin and Budd and Senators Markey, Sasse, Blunt, Schatz, Bennet, and Collins, Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II - Democrats Further Scrutinize Trump-Pence Administration Following Repeated Attempts to Undermine Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Dec. 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner, FDA - Go Further In Combatting Youth Tabacco Use Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
Dec. 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, Comissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Lawmakers Keep Pressure on Food and Drug Administration to Go Further in Combating Youth Tobacco Use Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Democrats Urge Hearing on HHS Unaccompanied Minor Program Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
Oct. 12, 2018 Rep. Roybal-Allard and Senators Introduce Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Welfare Act Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Take Immediate Steps to Reunite Children and Families Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 31, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono Sen. Mazie Hirono
July 26, 2018 Blunt, Markey Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Study Impact of Technology & Media on Children Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Date Title Politician
Aug. 6, 2020 Letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Rosen, Harris Lead Letter Calling on CBP to Fully Adhere to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Protect Unaccompanied Children at the Southern Border Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 5, 2020 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, and House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy - Warren, Smith, Colleagues Call on Senate Leadership to Secure Child Care Relief in the Next COVID-19 Stimulus Package Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 16, 2020 Cardin, Schumer, Senate Democrats Announce Historic Proposal For $350 Billion Investment In Communities Of Color Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 11, 2020 Hirono Secures Authorization for Construction of Two Military Child Care Centers in Hawaii in NDAA Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 1, 2020 Schatz: USDA Approves New Program to Help Hawai'i Families, Feed More Than 93,000 Children Eligible for Free, Reduced School Meals Sen.Brian Schatz
May 29, 2020 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - Senator Hassan, Colleagues Call for Robust Support for Children's Mental Health Care in Upcoming COVID-19 Response Legislation Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
May 29, 2020 Letter to Dr. Robert Redfield, Director for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Reed Seeks to Boost Child Immunization Rates Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Durbin, Colleagues Urge Senate Leadership To Include Funding For Children's Hospitals And Health Providers In Future COVID-19 Relief Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 20, 2020 Letter to Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Chairman Shelby, and Vice Chairman Leahy - Wyden, Merkley Join Bipartisan Push to Increase Funding to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence & Pets in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
May 8, 2020 Letter to Pam Miller, Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service - Levin, Moore Lead 95 House Members Urging Commonsense Flexibility for WIC Use During COVID-19 Crisis Rep.Ed Case, ...
April 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Shaheen & Hassan Call for Childcare Support for Working Parents in Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 28, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Harris, Colleagues Push to Include $50 Billion Childcare Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Backed by Large Group of Senate Colleagues, Sens. Tina Smith and Elizabeth Warren Press to Include $50 Billion Childcare Bailout in Next Coronavirus Relief Package Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Congresswoman Escobar and Senator Harris Lead Colleagues in Demanding Release of Detained Children Amid COVID-19 Crisis Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 23, 2020 Letter to Lynn Johnson, Administration for Children and Families, and Laura Rogers, Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women - Wyden Urges Administration to Help Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence During Coronavirus Pandemic Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 21, 2020 Senators Warren, Smith, Casey, Hirono, Kaine & Booker Urge Senate Leaders to Support Child Care in Coronavirus Stimulus Package Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 21, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - U.S. Senators Smith, Warren, Casey, Hirono, Kaine & Booker Urge Senate Leaders to Support Child Care in Coronavirus Stimulus Package Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 6, 2020 Sullivan, Hirono, Introduce Bill to Reunite Korean Americans with Long-Separated Family Members in North Korea Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 4, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Christi Grimm, Principal Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Durbin, Murray, Senators Call On HHS & DHS IGs To Investigate Reported "Weaponizing" Of Confidential Therapy Sessions To Deport Children Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Jan. 23, 2020 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Lawmakers Call on Administration to Ban Flavored Vaping Products Rep.Ed Case, ...
Dec. 19, 2019 USA Today - Here's how Congress cooperated to fight child sex abuse images on government computers Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
Dec. 16, 2019 Schatz Legislation To Raise Smoking, Vaping Age To 21 Included In Bipartisan Spending Deal Sen.Brian Schatz
Nov. 27, 2019 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Democrats Slam Trump Administration over Latest Walk Back from Strong Tobacco Regulation Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
Nov. 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Merkley, Wyden Join Senate Democrats to Slam Trump Administration's Walk Back from Strong Tobacco Regulation Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Sept. 25, 2019 Paid Family and Medical Leave Sen.Brian Schatz
Sept. 19, 2019 Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Reduce Youth Tobacco Use & Vaping Epidemic Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 21, 2019 Hirono on Trump Administration's Rule to Indefinitely Detain Migrant Children: "No Amount of Cruelty is Enough for this Administration. We Need to Fight Back" Sen.Mazie Hirono
Aug. 8, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Sewell, Sen. Sanders, 130+ Members of Congress Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Food Assistance Rule Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 7, 2019 Letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Senators Hirono, Udall, Democratic Colleagues Call on EPA to Ban Toxic Pesticide Sen.Mazie Hirono
July 30, 2019 Momentum Builds for Bipartisan, Bicameral Markey Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
June 24, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - U.S. Senator Tina Smith Continues Fight to Secure Health Committee Hearing on Negative Consequences of Family Separation on Children Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Senator Warren and Colleagues to Congressional Budget Negotiators: Make Child Care, Affordable Housing, and Addressing the Climate Crisis Top Priorities Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 22, 2019 Senators Hirono, Blunt, Collins, Klobuchar Introduce Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019 Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 17, 2019 Schatz, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help The Defense Department Take on Child Pornography Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
April 11, 2019 Schatz Introduces New Legislation To Provide Federal Workers With Paid Family Leave Sen.Brian Schatz
April 1, 2019 Senators Hirono, Casey Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Financial Relief for Families with Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 13, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar, HHS - Revoke Waiver Allowing South Carolina Child Welfare Agencies to Discriminate Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
March 13, 2019 Durbin & Senators Reintroduce Bill To Protect Children's Online Privacy Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Feb. 26, 2019 Hirono, Murray, Casey, Scott, and Sablan Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation to Expand Child Care and Early Learning Programs Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Feb. 26, 2019 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Sen.Mazie Hirono
Feb. 26, 2019 Raskin and Budd and Senators Markey, Sasse, Blunt, Schatz, Bennet, and Collins, Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
Dec. 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II - Democrats Further Scrutinize Trump-Pence Administration Following Repeated Attempts to Undermine Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Dec. 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner, FDA - Go Further In Combatting Youth Tabacco Use Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
Dec. 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, Comissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Lawmakers Keep Pressure on Food and Drug Administration to Go Further in Combating Youth Tobacco Use Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
Oct. 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Democrats Urge Hearing on HHS Unaccompanied Minor Program Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
Oct. 12, 2018 Rep. Roybal-Allard and Senators Introduce Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Welfare Act Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 14, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Take Immediate Steps to Reunite Children and Families Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 31, 2018 MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono Sen.Mazie Hirono
July 26, 2018 Blunt, Markey Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Study Impact of Technology & Media on Children Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
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