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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Announces Federal Funding to Update the State of Hawai&rsquo;i&rsquo;s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/fundingEconomicDevel.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono today announced a $133,360 U.S. Department of Commerce grant to the Hawai&rsquo;i State Office of Planning to update its Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.  The strategy aims to promote economic stability and diversification, as well as regional competition.]]></description>
    <pubDate>4/29/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Backs GI Bill for the 21st Century]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/GIBill.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai&rsquo;i) today announced her support for bipartisan legislation (H.R. 5740/S.22) to offer the 1.7 million brave men and women who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan educational benefits, on par with those provided to veterans of the World War II era. The legislation will give our returning troops the tools to succeed after military service, make military service more attractive as we work to rebuild our military, as well as boost our sagging economy. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>4/29/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Praises U.S. Air Force for Timely Decision to Reconsider Low Altitude Training Missions on the Big Island]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/LowAltitude.html</link>
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    <pubDate>4/25/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Introduces Legislation That Would Make Shingles Vaccine More Accessible to America&rsquo;s Senior Citizens]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/Shingles.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai&lsquo;i) today introduced the Shingles Prevention Act (H.R. 5877), legislation that will realign medical coverage for the shingles vaccine in order to make it more accessible to senior citizens.]]></description>
    <pubDate>4/23/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Announces Federal Funding for the State of Hawaii&rsquo;s Ongoing Implementation of the Adam Walsh Act]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/AdamWalsh.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono announced today a $300,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, a division of the State Department of the Attorney General, in support of the implementation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
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    <pubDate>4/21/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Announces Federal Funding for Performing Arts Programs on Maui and the Big Island]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/NEAawardgrants.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono announced today the awarding of three National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) grants to programs in Hawai'i&rsquo;s 2nd Congressional District.
        ]]></description>
    <pubDate>4/17/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Announces Federal Funding for Moloka&lsquo;i Airport Runway Improvements]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/MolokaiAirport.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono announced today a $2 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to improve runway safety at the Moloka&lsquo;i Airport in Kaunakakai.
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    <pubDate>4/8/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[2008 Congressional Art Contest Winners Announced For Hawaii&rsquo;s Second Congressional District]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/2008CongressionalArtWinner.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie Hirono announced, this weekend, Hilo High School junior, Anna Dobos, is the grand prize winner of the 2008 Congressional Art Contest, &ldquo;Kaha Ki&rsquo;i: An Artistic Discovery.&rdquo;
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    <pubDate>3/30/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Mazie Hirono Responds To Closing Of Aloha Airlines' Passenger Service]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/AlohaAirlines.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The following statements were released, today, by Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (2nd-HI), regarding the announcement by Aloha Airlines that it will be shutting down its inter-island and transpacific passenger flight operations, tomorrow, Monday, March 31, 2008:
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    <pubDate>3/30/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. House Transportation Chair Sees Honolulu Rail Transit Receiving Funds"In The Range of $900 Million"]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/RailTransitFunds.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[HONOLULU, HI - The chairman of the U.S. House committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Congressman Jim Oberstar (8th-MN), today, threw his full support behind the City and County of Honolulu&rsquo;s proposed rail transit system while touring the Hawaiian Islands with Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (2nd-HI).
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    <pubDate>3/27/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Announces $2 million in Federal Grants To Acquire Land on Oahu and the Big Island for the Protection and Preservation of Native Species]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/March21landprezgrant.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[HONOLULU &mdash; Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono today announced the awarding of more than $2.1 million in grants for the state of Hawaii and through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.
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    <pubDate>3/21/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Recent video of Congresswoman Hirono Talking About Art &amp; Her Superdelegate Vote]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/3_19_08KGMB.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Click here to view article and video
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    <pubDate>3/19/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Criticizes Bush Budget, Describes Harmful Effect of Funding Cuts on Communities]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/budgettestimony.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono today presented testimony to the House Budget Committee expressing her concerns about President Bush&rsquo;s recently released budget for Fiscal Year 2009 and documenting the harmful effect that funding cuts called for by the President would have on Hawai&lsquo;i communities.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2/28/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Votes to Promote Renewable Energy, Cut Subsidies to Big Oil]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/renewableenergy5351.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono today voted for landmark legislation that will make significant new investments in renewable energy sources, create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, help end America&rsquo;s dependence on foreign oil and slash taxpayer-funded subsidies to oil companies.  ]]></description>
    <pubDate>2/27/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kalaupapa Memorial Act Approved by U.S. House of Representatives]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/kalaupapa.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono to establish a memorial at the Kalaupapa National Historical Park.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2/12/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman Hirono Nominates Students to Service Academies]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/academynominations08.html</link>
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    <pubDate>2/8/2008</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[House Passes Bill to Make College More Affordable and Accessible]]></title>
    <link>http://hirono.house.gov/apps/list/press/hi02_hirono/collegeconsumers.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[
        The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation to expand access to college by improving financial aid programs and removing obstacles that deter qualified students, such as complicated financial aid applications and predatory lending practices. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>2/7/2008</pubDate>
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