Senator Schatz believes that working people deserve a fair shot at achieving economic security.
In the Senate, he is working to strengthen unions, support small businesses, and grow Hawai‘i’s economy. In 2019, his leadership led to a 3.1% pay raise and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all federal workers, including 20,000 workers in Hawai‘i.
Senator Schatz also prioritizes the needs of Hawai‘i’s small businesses. He has authored legislation to help small businesses attract foreign and domestic investment, export their products, and create high-quality, good-paying jobs. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, he has also steered vital funding from federal entrepreneurship programs to Hawai‘i — including the Small Business Administration’s 8A program to support Native Hawaiian-owned businesses.
Recent News
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02.18.2016
Schatz Applauds Expanded Flights to Tokyo
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate today about how the long-term budget will protect jobs in Hawai‘i and prevent another government shutdown. Republicans blocked an amendment Schatz and Senate leaders requested to be introduced to the budget to extend long-term unemployment benefits. Without an extension, 7,700 people in Hawai‘i will lose out on crucial benefits beginning on December 28th.
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Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D- Hawai‘i), released the following statement on the two-year Bipartisan Budget Act, which the Senate voted 67 – 33 to advance today, and which passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week.
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Senate Leaders are fighting to include an extension of unemployment insurance in budget negotiations in order to prevent benefits from lapsing on December 31, 2013.
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Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz joined a bipartisan group in voting for a deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, preventing our nation from defaulting on its loans.
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Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz took to the Senate floor to denounce so-called “conservatives” for their willingness to put our economy and middle-class families at risk by shutting down the government and threatening to allow America to default.
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On Saturday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz took to the Senate floor to call out House Republicans for their unprecedented and reckless refusal to vote on a Continuing Resolution without unrelated amendments.
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Today, Senator Schatz announced the release $236,277,358 in federal funds for the Honolulu Rail Transit project.
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Today, Senator Brian Schatz announced that the Queens Federal Credit Union in Honolulu and Hawaii First Federal Credit Union in Kamuela will receive a total of $1,183,000 in Financial Assistance (FA) awards from the Department of the Treasury’s Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) for fiscal year 2013.
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Today, Senator Brian Schatz hosted President-Elect of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Sherry Menor-McNamara, in Washington, DC at the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (DSOC) Meeting with Majority Leader Reid and other members of Senate leadership.
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Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Al Franken (D-MN), Angus King (I-ME), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)today introduced legislation to significantly reduce the deficit, better...
