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MEDIA RELEASE SCHATZ NAMED TO KEY POST ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE U.S. Senate Democratic leadership has announced the selection of U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to serve on the key Senate Committee on Appropriations. The appointment is an especially important one. Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution, the Committee writes the legislation that allocates funds to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE HIRONO STANDS UP FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES The Senate has voted on a 1,600 page bill that funds nearly every policy area and government program through Sept. 30, 2015. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono joined a number of her colleagues in voting against this proposal, which passed on a vote of 56 to 40. […]

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