Updated March 2021
Senator TALKING POINTS
Mazie The NEH: -Ensures widespread access to Hirono the humanities, including for K-12 Democrat students, teachers, and veterans -Preserves cultural heritage Hawaii -Awards grants that are often leveraged for private investment @maziehirono Title VI and Fulbright-Hays: -Address shortage of language ABOUT CAUCUSES experts in business, diplomatic corps, and military Sen. Hirono holds a B.A. in Senate Cultural Caucus -Faculty who receive grants psychology from the University of prepare students for global Hawaii at Mānoa and a J.D. from Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 engagement Georgetown University. Caucus NARA: She was elected to the Senate in Expand Social Security Caucus - Demands on NARA have 2012. Prior to her election to the increased while funding has Senate, she served three terms in stagnated the House. - NHPRC increases access to historical documents and the Sen. Hirono immigrated to Hawaii papers of significant figures at the age of eight and when she started elementary school she didn’t speak or read English. GRANT DATA School field trips to the local library, during which the librarian SUPPORT HISTORY From FY10 to FY20, Hawaii would read aloud to the class, received more than $13.7 million awakened her love of reading. Is a member of the Senate in grants from the NEH. Cultural Caucus
Signed the FY21 Dear Colleague Letters requesting robust funding for the NEH and Title VI COMMITTEES
Committee on Armed Services REQUESTS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Sign humanities-related Dear Colleague Letters when they Committee on Small Business begin circulating and Entrepreneurship
Committee on Veterans' Affairs Updated March 2021
Senator TALKING POINTS
Brian The NEH: -Ensures widespread access to Schatz the humanities Democrat -Preserves cultural heritage -Supports K-12 students in and Hawaii out of the classroom -Addresses needs of veterans @SenBrianSchatz -Awards grants that are often leveraged for private investment
ABOUT GRANT DATA Title VI and Fulbright-Hays: -Address shortage of language Sen. Schatz holds a B.A. in From FY10 to FY20, Hawaii experts in business, diplomatic philosophy from Pomona College. received more than $13.7 million corps, and military in grants from the NEH. -Teachers and faculty who receive He was appointed to the Senate grants prepare students for global after Sen. Daniel Inouye passed engagement away in 2012 and was formally elected to the Senate a special election in 2014.
Sen. Schatz is a strong advocate from Hawai’i’s middle-class COMMITTEES families, a clean energy economy, senior citizens, veterans, and Committee on Appropriations: Native Hawaiians. Labor-H Subcommittee SUPPORT HISTORY Committee on Commerce, Is a member of the Senate Science, and Transportation Cultural Caucus Committee on Foreign Relations Signed the FY21 Dear Colleague Letters requesting robust funding Committee on Indian Affairs: for the NEH and Title VI REQUESTSChair
CAUCUSES Support $151.4 M for Title VI/F-H in the Labor-H bill
Senate Cultural Caucus Sign humanities-related Senate
Dear Colleague Letters (some Congressional Asian Pacific appropriators do not sign letters) American Caucus
Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
Expand Social Security Caucus Updated March 2021
Representative TALKING POINTS
Ed The NEH: -Ensures widespread access to Case the humanities Democrat -Preserves cultural heritage -Supports K-12 students in and Hawaii 1 out of the classroom -Addresses needs of veterans @RepEdCase -Awards grants that are often leveraged for private investment
ABOUT GRANT DATA Title VI and Fulbright-Hays: -Address shortage of language Rep. Case holds a B.A. in From FY10 to FY20, Hawaii experts in business, diplomatic psychology from Williams College received more than $13.7 million corps, and military and a J.D. from the University of in grants from the NEH. -Teachers and faculty who receive California, Hastings College of grants prepare students for global Law. engagement
He was most recently elected to the House in 2018. Prior to that, he was elected to the House in a special election in 2002 and served until 2007. COMMITTEES
Rep. Case co-founded the Appropriations Committee Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus to raise the visibility of the SUPPORT HISTORY importance of the Indo-Pacific region and encourage greater Is not a member of the education for representatives Congressional Humanities about the unique environmental, Caucus defense, and economic issues of island nations and states in the Did not sign the FY21 Dear Pacific Ocean. Colleague Letters requesting REQUESTS robust funding for the NEH, Title CAUCUSES VI, and NARA Join the Congressional Humanities Caucus
Blue Dog Caucus: Policy Co-Chair In the full Appropriations
Committee: support $225 M for Congressional Asian Pacific NEH, $151.4 M for Title VI/F-H, American Caucus $433 M for the National Archives,
and at least $13 M for NHPRC Pacific Islands Caucus: Co-Chair
Sign humanities-related Senate New Democrat Coalition Dear Colleague Letters (some appropriators do not sign letters) Updated March 2021
Representative TALKING POINTS
Kaiali'i The NEH: -Ensures widespread access to Kahele the humanities, including for K-12 Democrat students, teachers, and veterans -Preserves cultural heritage Hawaii 2 -Awards grants that are often leveraged for private investment @kaikahele Title VI and Fulbright-Hays: -Address shortage of language ABOUT CAUCUSES experts in business, diplomatic corps, and military Rep. Kahele earned his B.A. in Is a Freshman Member of -Faculty who receive grants education from the University of Congress and has not had the prepare students for global Hawai’i at Mānoa. opportunity to join any caucuses engagement yet He was elected to the House in NARA: 2020. - Demands on NARA have increased while funding has Rep. Kahele is a decorated stagnated combat veteran with multiple - NHPRC increases access to deployments to both Iraq and historical documents and the Afghanistan and is the recipient of papers of significant figures numerous awards including the Meritorious Service Medal and the Commendation Medal, among GRANT DATA others. Currently, he is a commissioned officer in the SUPPORT HISTORY From FY10 to FY20, Hawaii Hawai’i Air National Guard, where received more than $13.7 million he continues to serve as a Is a Freshman Member of in grants from the NEH. Lieutenant Colonel. Congress and has not had the opportunity to join any caucuses yet
Has not had the opportunity to take significant votes or sign a COMMITTEES Dear Colleague Letter supporting the humanities while in Congress Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure REQUESTS
Join the Congressional Humanities Caucus
Sign humanities-related Dear Colleague Letters when they begin circulating