WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Brian Schatz issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) secured nearly $75 million in new congressional directed spending, also known as earmarks, for Hawai'i in a bipartisan funding package approved by the Senate today. The new funding follows nearly $34 million in earmark funding secured by Schatz for Hawai'i in an appropriations deal signed into law earlier this month and another $38 million enacted last November.
"We secured nearly $75 million in new earmark funding to support Native Hawaiians and communities across Hawai'i in critical areas, including health care, housing, and education," said Senator Schatz, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "In spite o...