WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Statement Marking Three Years Since Maui Wildfires * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) issued the following statement commemorating the third anniversary of the Maui wildfires. "August 8th is a day the people of Maui, and Hawaii, will never forget. Three years later, we still feel the weight of the devastating losses the wrought by the wildfires, especially the 1  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Statement on Blanche Confirmation Vote * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, released the following statement after voting against Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as the next U.S. Attorney General: "The Attorney General of the United States must be independent from the president and committed to upholdin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Padilla Bill to Extend Tax Relief for Wildfire Victims * Legislation to Remove Taxes on Los Angeles Wildfire Settlements to Become Law WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the Senate unanimously passed the Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act, which included a version of U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Tim Sheehy's (R-Mon  more