Press Room

I am pleased to provide a listing of my current press releases, as well as a selection of my recent speeches, floor statements, and constituent newsletters.  Please contact me if you have need of other resources from my office.

PRESS RELEASES 

 

NOVEMBER:
11/17/09	Senate approves $433.5 million for Military Construction Projects in Hawaii
11/09/09	Senator Inouye's statement following the Fort Hood shootings
11/09/09	Senator Inouye's position on health-care overhaul
11/04/09	Senate approves $74 million for commerce, justice and science initiatives in Hawaii
11/03/09	Senator Inouye's statement following the end of pineapple production at Maui Land and Pineapple Co.
OCTOBER:
10/30/09	Honolulu to receive more than $3 million for energy efficient initiatives
10/29/09	Hawaii to receive more than $17 million for Interior and Environment projects
10/27/09	Honolulu to receive more than $5 million for electrical grid upgrades
10/26/09	Senator Inouye lauds new A&B Inc. management
10/23/09	Senator Inouye reaches Senate milestone
10/15/09	Hawaii to receive $29 million for energy and water projects
10/13/09	Senator Inouye's statement following his return from Afghanistan and Pakistan
10/08/09	Senate approves more than $34 million for Hawaii agriculture projects
10/06/09	Senate approves resolution recognizing Father Damien
10/06/09	Senate approves $207.5 million for defense projects in Hawaii
10/01/09	Hawaii to receive more than $11 million for medical research
SEPTEMBER:
9/30/09	Senator Inouye's statement following South Pacific earthquake and tsunami
9/29/09	Florence Nakakuni confirmed by full Senate as U.S. Attorney for Hawaii
9/29/09	Hawaii Primary Care Association receives $750,000 to expand records network
9/25/09	Maui receives $6.2 million for Ma'alaea Ferry Project
9/24/09	Full Senate approves more than $21 million for Hawaii Interior and Environment Projects
9/24/09	Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Florence Nakakuni as U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii
9/22/09	Hawaii Awarded HUD Recovery Act Funds Totaling More Than $2.8 Million
9/17/09	Full Senate Approves $60 Million for Hawaii Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Projects
9/17/09	Hilo International Airport to Receive $1.3 Million in Federal Grants and Improvements
9/11/09	Remembering those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001
9/09/09	Senate Passes Travel Promotion Act with Hawaii Senators' Support
9/02/09	University of Hawaii awarded $891,305 for scientific research projects
AUGUST:
8/30/09	Senator Inouye Statement from the Memorial Service of Senator Edward Kennedy
8/28/09	Hawaii to receive $12.1 million for Native Hawaiian education initiatives
8/26/09	Senator Inouye Statement on the Passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy
8/25/09	Hawaii Projects to Receive $6.3 Million for Fisheries Management and Research
8/21/09	Senators Inouye and Akaka Join President Obama In Commemorating Statehood
8/20/09	Inouye and Akaka Announce Hawaii High School Students Can Apply for 48th Annual U.S. Senate Youth Program
8/20/09	Witnesses Scheduled for Appropriations Hearing Monday
8/19/09	Maui to Receive $2.2 Million in Federal Grants for Parking Structure and Renewable Energy Initiatives
8/18/09	Hawaii Companies to Receive More Than $5 Million for Small Shipyard Improvements
8/18/09	Honolulu Airport to Receive More Than $11 Million for Ewa Concourse Renovations
8/17/09	Chairman Inouye to hold Senate Appropriations Hearing at State Capitol
8/14/09	Hawaii to receive $2.5 million for Native Hawaiian education initiatives
8/13/09	Hawaii to receive $1.6 million to expand energy efficient practices
8/13/09	Honolulu to Receive More than $40 Million for Rail Transit, Bus Acquisition and Facility Upgrades
8/11/09	Hawaii to Receive $20.4 Million for Extended Unemployment Insurance
8/11/09	Honolulu and Kahului to Receive $31 million for Explosive Detection Systems
8/06/09	Statement of Senator Daniel K. Inouye Before the August 6, 2009 Hearing on S. 1011 The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act
8/06/09	Senator Daniel K. Inouye's Statement in Support of Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor
8/04/09	Kona International Airport Receives $1.5 million for Environmental Study
8/04/09	2010 Agriculture Appropriations List
8/04/09	Senate Approves More Than $33 Million For Hawaii-Related Projects In Agriculture
8/03/09	Hawaii Federal Judicial Selection Commission Seeks Nominees for U.S. District Court Vacancy
JULY:
7/30/09	Two Federal Buildings to Receive $33.3 Million in Stimulus Funding for Construction Projects
7/30/09	2010 Labor-HHS-Education Projects List
7/30/09	Inouye Announces Senate Committee Approves Nearly $96.5 Million for Hawaii-Related Labor, Health and Education Initiatives
7/30/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves $60,550,000 Million For Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
7/30/09	2010 Transportation Housing and Urban Development Projects
7/30/09	Senate Approves $34.1 Million for Hawaii Initiatives in Energy and Water
7/28/09	Honolulu Police to Receive More Than $5 Million from U.S. Department of Justice to Hire 21 Officers
7/24/09	University of Hawaii to Receive More Than $1.7 Million NOAA Grant for Climate Studies
7/23/09	Bishop Museum to Receive $1.4 Million for Native Hawaiian and Alaskan Education Initiatives
7/21/09	State to Receive $1.3 Million for Honolulu International Airport Improvements
7/20/09	Senator Inouye Responds to Governor Linda Lingle's Issuance of Layoff Notices
7/17/09	Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Responds to Senator Inouye's Queries
7/16/09	Colleges to Receive Grants Totaling More Than $6.4 Million for Native Hawaiian Serving Institution Programs
7/15/09	Hawaiian Electric Company Receives $750,000 for New Wind Energy Projects
7/14/09	Hawaii Allocated $1.2 Million in Stimulus Funds for Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program
7/10/09	Senators Inouye, Akaka React to U.S. Attorney Nomination for Hawaii
7/10/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves More Than $33 Million for Hawaii-Related Projects in Agriculture
7/10/09	Fiscal Year 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Markup Priorities
7/10/09	Lihue Airport to Receive FAA Grant to Improve Runway Lighting Control System
7/10/09	Senate Approves $5 Million for Natural Disaster Preparedness Training Center
7/10/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves $24 Million for East West Center
7/10/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves $34.2 Million for Hawaii Initiatives in Energy and Water
7/10/09	Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Markup Priorities
7/10/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves $3.6 Million for Financial Services Programs
7/09/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves $329 Million for Military Construction Projects in Hawaii
7/01/09	Hawaii to Receive NOAA and Airport Grants Totaling Nearly $3.9 Million, Inouye Announces

JUNE:
6/30/09	Two Hawaii Coastal Restoration Projects Selected to Receive Stimulus Funding
6/29/09	Statement from Inouye and Akaka on Obama Administration's Hawaii USDA Appointments
6/29/09	Hawaii Health Centers to Receive More Than $8.5 Million in Federal Grants
6/25/09	Senate Appropriations Approves $1 Million Joint Funding for Hawaii and Alaska for Marine Education and Training
6/25/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves $21 Million for Interior and Environment Projects
6/25/09	Fiscal Year 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations Markup
6/25/09	Senate Appropriations Panel Approves $72 Million Hawaii Ocean, Atmospheric, and Justice Projects
6/25/09	Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Markup
6/17/09	Hawaii Congressional Delegation Troubled by Governor's Furlough Plan
6/17/09	University of Hawaii Awarded $4.8 Million for National Preparedness Training Center
6/16/09	Hawaii Awarded $12.6 Million in Federal Grants to Strengthen Homeland Security
6/12/09	Hawaii Counties to Receive $225 Million in Bond Authority from Stimulus to Boost Economic Development
6/3/09	Statement on the Passing of Tom Gill
6/2/09	City and County of Honolulu Receives $1 Million Federal Grant to Aid Young Parents
6/1/09	Senators Inouye and Akaka Stand Up Hawaii Federal Judicial Selection Commission to Fill Impending Vacancy

MAY:
5/29/09	Hawaii to Receive Nearly $7 Million in Federal Grants For Airport Improvements
5/21/09	Chaminade University to Receive $1.2 Million for Construction of a Nursing Training Center
5/20/09	Senate Passes Inouye Measure that Withholds Funding for Closure of Guantanamo Prison
5/15/09	Hawaii Receives $10.2 Million in Unemployment Insurance Modernization Funds
5/14/09	Nearly $4.5 Million in Stimulus Funds Will Fight Invasive Species in Hawaii
5/8/09	Maui AIDS Foundation Awarded $1.3 Million Grant for HIV/AIDS Housing and Support Services
5/7/09	Inouye Meets with Secretary of Agriculture to Discuss Hawaii Issues
5/1/09	Two Hawaii Educational Training Programs Awarded Nearly $4 Million

APRIL:
4/29/09	Inouye Announces Federal Buildings to Receive Nearly $137 Million in Stimulus Funding for Energy Improvements
4/29/09	Inouye, Akaka Announce Nearly $60 Million in Stimulus Funds will be Used for Army Construction Projects in Hawaii
4/28/09	Three Oahu Harbors to Receive $5 Million in Stimulus Funding for Operation, Maintenance Repair
4/28/09	Inouye Welcomes Specter
4/27/09	Hawaii Wildlife Refuges And Hatcheries to Receive $8.6 Million in Stimulus Funding to Promote Conservation
4/23/09	Inouye Seeks Federal Study to Determine if Hawaii Sites Where Japanese Americans Were Unjustly Interned During WWII Qualify As Historic Places
4/22/09	Nearly $16 Million in Stimulus Funds for Hawaii National Parks
4/22/09	$1.2 Million in Federal Traffic Safety Funds Headed to Hawaii
4/21/09	Hawaiian Home Land Communities Awarded $5.8 Million in Grants and Loans in Honor of Earth Day
4/20/09	Hawaii Wildlife Agency Awarded $907,000 for Imperiled Species Conservation
4/10/09	Hawaii Awarded $5 Million in Stimulus Money for Community Assistance
4/09/09	U. H. Nursing School Selected to be Veterans Affairs Nursing Academy Partner
4/09/09	Hawaii to Receive More Than $7.4 Million in Stimulus Funding from Health and Human Services
4/08/09	Hawaii Receives More Than $6.5 Million in Homeland Security Grants
4/08/09	Hawaii Agencies to Receive $3 Million in Stimulus Funding for Diesel Emissions and Leaking Underground Tanks
4/02/09	Public Schools and the State Eligible to Receive $274.7 Million in Stimulus Funding for Education Improvements
4/01/09	Stimulus Tax Break Puts $333 Million in the Pockets of Hawaii Taxpayers

MARCH:
3/31/09	Inouye Announces Federal Buildings to Receive Nearly $137 Million in Stimulus Funding for Energy Improvements
3/27/09	Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems to Receive Stimulus Funding
3/26/09	Hawaii to Receive $15 Million in Stimulus Funding for Energy Efficiency Improvements
3/25/09	Military Facilities to Receive $184 Million in Stimulus Funding for Renovations
3/25/09	Hawaii to Receive $2 Million for Rural Bus Program
3/24/09	Hawaii to Receive $15 Million in Stimulus Funding for Kahului Airport Improvements
3/23/09	Hawaii to Receive $1 Million in Stimulus Funding for VA Medical Center and Punchbowl
3/20/09	Marine Corps Base Hawaii Will Receive $20 Million in Stimulus Funding for Military Child Development Center
3/18/09	Inouye Announces Agricultural Disaster Assistance for Hawaii Farmers
3/18/09	Hawaii to Receive Nearly $500,000 in Stimulus Funding for Senior Nutrition Assistance Programs
3/13/09	Hawaii Community Health Centers to Receive $2.7 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds
3/12/09	Hawaii to Receive $30 Million in Stimulus Funding for Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Programs
3/10/09	Hawaii-Related Projects in Omnibus Bill Will Receive a Total of $372 Million
3/10/09	Inouye and Akaka Laud Omnibus Funding Measure
3/6/09	State and Counties Will Receive $10.7 Million in Stimulus funds for Anti-Crime Initiatives
3/5/09	Hawaii Will Receive $44 Million in Stimulus Funds for Transit Hawaii Initiatives

FEBRUARY:
2/20/09	Inouye and Akaka Announce Hawaii's Student Delegates to the 47th Annual United States Senate Youth Program
2/19/09	Senator Inouye Hails "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" Conference Report as Good for America and Hawaii
2/13/09	Senator Inouye Hails Inclusion of Compensation for Filipino Veterans in House-Senate Conference Report on H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2/04/09	Senator Inouye Announces Kauai Fire Department to Receive a $1,625,700 Federal Grant
2/02/09	Inouye Announces Nominees to the United States Service Academies

JANUARY:
1/14/09	Inouye Gives Full Support to Shinseki's Nomination to Cabinet Post
1/06/09	House and Senate Appropriations Committees Announce Additional Reforms in Committee Earmark Policy

FLOOR STATEMENTS 

MARCH:

• Closing Floor Statement 2009 Omnibus Bill
• Floor Statement in Support of 2009 Omnibus Bill
• Defense Subcommittee Hearing on Department of Defense Medical Program

FEBRUARY:

• Floor Statement in Support of ARRA Conference Report 

 

SPEECHES

     2009:

• Remarks by U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye on the Floor of the Senate in Support of a Resolution Recognizing and Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hawaiian Statehood

     2008:

• Commencement Address: The George Washington University School of Law
• U.S. Japan Maritime Relations
• Groundbreaking Ceremony: Pearl Harbor Memorial Museum and Visitor Center

     2007:

• U.S. -  Japan Relations/University of Washington
• Enduring Communities" Project, Denver, CO
• U.S. Japan Symposium, Keidanren-Kaiken, Tokyo, Japan

     2006:

• NOAA Pacific Region Center Groundbreaking Ceremony

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