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Brian Schatz's Public Statements on Issue: Unemployed and Low-Income

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01/30/2024 Following Calls Led By Hawai"i Congressional Delegation, USDA Increases Summer Meal Benefit For Kids
01/18/2024 Following Calls From Schatz To Increase SNAP Benefits In Hawai"i, USDA Begins Process To Update Benefits To Reflect Food Costs
12/20/2021 Letter to Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer Inc. - Cardin, Brown, Schatz Lead Group of Senators in Calling on Vaccine Manufacturers to Increase Vaccines to Low-Income Countries to Fight the Covid-19 Pandemic
07/08/2021 Letter to Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Hon. Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Baldwin, Collins, Tester Lead Bipartisan Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income College Students
06/02/2021 Letter to Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Jennifer Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission - Heinrich, Luján Join Group Of 19 Senators In Calling on Federal Agencies To Share Data, Work Together To Expand Access To High-Speed Internet
09/15/2020 Additional $70.3 Million In Federal Unemployment Dollars Heading To Hawai"i
09/08/2020 Additional $53.4 Million In Federal Unemployment Dollars Heading To Hawai"i
08/29/2020 Nearly $200 Million In New Federal Unemployment Dollars Heading To Hawai"i
08/28/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Hawai"i Congressional Delegation Calls on USDA to Extend Flexibility for Child Nutrition Programs to Combat Hunger During COVID-19 Pandemic
08/25/2020 Heinrich, Climate Crisis Committee Release New Report On Climate Action, Plan To Build Clean Economy For American People
06/16/2020 Kona Community Hospital, Straub Medical Center Receive Nearly $12 Million In New Federal Relief Funding To Support Care For Vulnerable Patients
06/09/2020 Schatz: $30.8 Million Headed To Hawai"i To Improve Shelters, Provide Mental Health Support, Job Assistance, Essential Services For Homeless Community During COVID-19 Pandemic
05/09/2020 Schatz, Senators Introduce Legislation To Help Struggling Families Pay Rent During The Coronavirus Pandemic
05/08/2020 Schatz, Senators Announce New Legislation To Provide Emergency Cash Assistance To Low-Income Families And Individuals
04/28/2020 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Durbin, Duckworth Join Bicameral Letter Urging Federal Communications Commission To Coordinate With Other Federal Agencies To Inform Low-Income Families They Can Receive Broadband Services
04/10/2020 Menendez will Introduce Bill to Create New $75B Housing Assistance Fund to Keep NJ Families in their Homes
04/07/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Sec. of the Treasury - U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: Make Sure Americans Experiencing Homelessness Get Coronavirus Relief Payments
03/18/2020 Schatz Votes to Pass Coronavirus Relief Package, Calls for More Federal Aid to Help People Left Out
10/18/2019 Letter to Hon. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Shaheen & Hassan Call for Quick Distribution of LIHEAP Assistance
06/27/2019 Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Stop Trump Administration Proposal to End Protections for Homeless Transgender People
03/28/2019 Letter to Secretary Sonny Perdue - Group of Senators Urges Trump Administration to Withdraw Proposed SNAP Rule
03/10/2017 Letter to the Hon. Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Plans to Slash HUD Budget
03/01/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Drop Republican Efforts to Gut Family Planning Centers
02/15/2017 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Colleagues Urge Trump to Boost Funding for Heating Assistance & Weatherization Programs
12/22/2016 Hawaii to Receive Federal Funds to Help Homeless Veterans

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