Press Releases

Kahele Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Long-Term Tenancy to Beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act and their Successors

HILO, HI – U.S. Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02) issued the following statement today on the passing of Robert Kaleimomi Kekaula:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, led a bipartisan group of national security leaders in Congress in introducing the bipartisan Taiwan Peace and Stability Act, legislation that signals a path forward on U.S. policy toward Taiwan. Specifically, the legislation strengthens U.S. support for Taiwan’s participation in the international community, advances U.S.-Taiwan economic ties, and enhances deterrence over a cross-Strait conflict.

HONOLULU, HI – U.S. Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02) and U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced that 12 Native Hawaiian programs based In Hawai’i have been awarded grants totaling $1,181,486 to help preserve the indigenous history, heritage and culture of Hawaiʻi.

HONOLULU, HI – Today, Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, successfully championed a measure to secure $50 million to invest in domestic wastewater systems, prioritizing household cesspools – a rampant problem across rural Hawaiʻi.

HONOLULU, HI -- Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02) joined state leaders and health experts Lt. Gov. Josh Green, Bay Clinic CEO Dr. Christian Alameda and Hawaiʻi District Health Office Representative Jason Dela Cruz to encourage vaccination efforts throughout the community. The group participated in a public vaccine forum yesterday, immediately following President Biden’s announcement of his ‘National Month of Action’ to get 70% of US adults at least 1 shot by July 4.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) yesterday led a bipartisan group of members in calling for Congress to provide USINDOPACOM with its full request for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) in the FY2022 defense appropriations bill. In a letter to Reps. Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Ken Calvert (R-CA), as first reported by Defense News, the members outlined the importance of the investments outlined in former USINDOPACOM Commander Admiral Davidson's report on how to fulfill the PDI and why it's important to US security interests in the region.