{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/over-the-past-year-schatz-worked-to-protect-federal-funding-for-hawaii-amid-national-cuts-secured-more-than-1-billion-to-support-mauis-recovery-improve-infrastructure-expand-high-speed-internet-across-the-state", "Over The Past Year, Schatz Worked To Protect Federal Funding For Hawai\u2018i Amid National Cuts; Secured More Than $1 Billion To Support Maui\u2019s Recovery, Improve Infrastructure, Expand High-Speed Internet Across The State", "2025-12-30", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "HONOLULU \u2013 In 2025, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) worked to protect Hawai\u2018i from significant cuts to federal funding by the Administration across the country and helped secure more than $1 billion for Hawai\u2018i to support Maui\u2019s ongoing recovery, expand high-speed internet, and improve airports and infrastructure, among other things.\n\n\u201cThis year, we delivered more than $1 billion to Hawai\u2018i, including funding to support Maui\u2019s ongoing recovery, help upgrade airports and health centers, and expand high-speed internet. My top priority always is making sure Hawai\u2018i gets its fair share of federal dollars, and together with the delegation and state and local leaders, we\u2019re going to continue working to lower costs and support families and communities across the state,\u201d said Senator Schatz.\n\nFunding highlights include:\n\nNearly $31 million to expand high-speed internet statewide. The federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 will be used to build out and improve broadband infrastructure statewide.\n\nNearly $9.8 million to support the ongoing recovery effort on Maui following the devastating fires. The funding, which Schatz helped secure, will help the community of Lahaina rebuild the Waiola Church, Hale Aloha Museum, the Old Lahaina Courthouse Building, and the Master\u2019s Reading Room.\n\nMore than $70 million for Kona International Airport. The federal funding for Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole, the largest airport on Hawai\u2018i Island and the state\u2019s second international entry point, will be used to help complete KOA\u2019s ongoing runway rehabilitation project.\n\n$1 million for the Lana?i Community Health Center. The funding will support the Lana?i Community Health Center, a nonprofit and federally qualified health center serving the island of Lana?i, to purchase equipment.\n\nMore than $140 million for the Red Hill Water Treatment Plant. The funding will help build a water treatment facility provides a drinking water treatment facility at the Red Hill water supply shaft and ensures that treated water continues to meet all Federal and State drinking water standards.\n\nMore than $50 million for Lihu?e Airport. The funding will help improve takeoff and taxiway operations at LIH by increasing the Runway Safety Area.\n\nNearly $2 million to protect Hawai\u2018i-grown coffee. The funding will support the research and programs needed to stop coffee leaf rust, a devasting disease caused by a rust fungus.\n\nMore than $553 million to replace Dry Dock 3 at Pearl Harbor. The funding will support the construction of the new Dry Dock 5 to replace the existing Dry Dock 3. Dry Dock 5 will be able to accommodate maintenance and sustainment work on Virginia class submarines and the Next Generation Attack Submarine (SSNX), ensuring that Hawai\u2018i\u2019s public shipyard workforce will be able to support Navy\u2019s submarine fleet for years to come.\n\nThis year, Senator Schatz secured Senate passage of key legislation, including a bill to help stop illegal ahi from reaching people\u2019s plates, while protecting Hawai\u2018i fishermen. The bipartisan Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of red snapper and certain species of tuna imported into the United States.\n\nSchatz also authored and secured Senate passage of the Caring for Veterans and Strengthening National Security Act, bipartisan legislation to expand Department of Veterans Affairs health care and benefits to U.S. veterans who reside in the Freely Associated States of Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/over-the-past-year-schatz-worked-to-protect-federal-funding-for-hawaii-amid-national-cuts-secured-more-than-1-billion-to-support-mauis-recovery-improve-infrastructure-expand-high-speed-internet-across-the-state"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.599152270704508, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}