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US House passes annual defense bill with $1 billion for Red Hill fuel crisis on O’ahu

The US House of Representatives passed a $839 billion national defense bill for FY 2023 that includes $1 billion to address the Red Hill fuel crisis on Oʻahu, strengthening America’s national  defense in the Indo-Pacific, and improving the Department of Defense’s relationship with the local community in Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi receiving $14 million in federal funding to combat invasive mosquitoes

Hawai’i will recive more than $14 million in federal funding from the US Department of the Interior to be used for combating invasive mosquitoes in the state.

Appropriations Committee Funding Bill Includes Rep. Case’s $500,000 Request for INPEACE

The US House Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which includes funding various government programs that support small and minority businesses, according to Committee member Ed Case (HI-01).

Hawai‘i Congressional Delegation Meets with National Guard in Washington D.C.

The Hawai‘i Congressional Delegation spent time meeting with Hawaiʻi Air and Army National Guard members who traveled to Washington, D.C. from the islands to support law enforcement for Wednesday’s inauguration.

Congressman Case Reintroduces Safe and Quiet Skies Act

“In my Hawai‘i alone, we saw three dead in the crash of a commercial air tour helicopter into a residential neighborhood, 11 more dead in the crash of a commercial skydiving plane, and then seven more dead in a commercial air tour helicopter crash in a remote mountain region,” said Congressman Case.

Case Introduces Bills to Combat Hawai‘i’s High Cost of Living

His proposals are aimed at amending the Jones Act, which he says is “widely credited with artificially inflating the cost of shipping goods to Hawaiʻi.”