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Tuesday (May 17), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) and more than 120 lawmakers urged House Speaker Paul Ryan to take action to combat the Zika virus by bringing the President’s request for $1.9 billion in emergency funding to the House floor. Senator Mazie K. Hirono Tuesday (May 17) voted in support of more than $1 billion […]

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Hōkūleʻa has voyaged traditionally for 40 years, sailing over 150,000 nautical miles throughout the Pacific. Since leaving Hawaiʻi on the “Mālama Honua” worldwide voyage, the Hōkūle‘a has travelled to more than 12 countries and 55 ports.

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On Thursday (July 23) Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) voted against H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, also known as the Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act, which would roll back years of progress in ensuring that food with genetically engineered ingredients is properly labeled.

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MEDIA RELEASE Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) welcomed a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by Rep. Mike Rogers, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to Hawaii. She joined them on an overview brief of the United States Pacific Command (PACOM), which covers over 50 percent of the globe’s surface and includes nearly 60 percent of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE At 4:45 a.m. April 30, after a House Armed Services Committee meeting that lasted over 18 hours, U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02), voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 (NDAA). The Committee passed the funding measure by a bipartisan vote of 60-2. “With competing priorities, readiness needs, and a […]

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Gabbard attends 2015 South by Southwest Interactive Festival and joins a bipartisan panel called “Millennials: The Unstoppable Force”

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Agenda included environment, Keauhou aquifer, Kona airport customs, student robotics

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MEDIA RELEASE The House Committee on Foreign Affairs during a legislative markup has approved without objection North Korean sanctions co-sponsored by Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02). The North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 757) requires the President to impose targeted sanctions on people or entities in other countries that contribute directly or indirectly to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has announced her subcommittee assignments for the House Armed Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee. On Armed Services, Gabbard will continue serving on the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and has joined the Readiness Subcommittee. “Serving on both the Seapower and Readiness Subcommittees give me a solid platform to advocate […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Following President Obama’s release of his fiscal year 2016 budget that prioritizes the middle class, Hawaii’s Congressional delegation released the following statements: Sen. Mazie K. Hirono: “Many of the priorities laid out in the President’s budget reflect a commitment to stand on the side of middle class families, with key investments in research […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) spoke out against potential downsizing at Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter during the United States Department of the Army’s Community Listening Session regarding proposed Army personnel reductions. In a video message to forum attendees, Gabbard outlined the serious negative impacts of the worst-case scenario downsizing. “The worst-case scenario facing […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Joined by many supporters, family, friends, and colleagues, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) was sworn in to serve the people of Hawaii for a second term as their Representative in Congress. Session convened at noon, and by evening, Gabbard had assisted in advancing two critical pieces of legislation — the Hiring More Heroes Act, […]

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‘I am optimistic that there will be increased collaboration between the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy’

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MEDIA RELEASE Aniruddha Sherbow, 44, whose last known address was in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was sentenced Monday to 33 months in prison for making a series of threats against Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Representative for the 2nd District of Hawaii. The sentencing was announced by Ronald C. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, […]

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