Brian Schatz

thumb|Brian Schatz (2013) Brian Emanuel Schatz (born October 20, 1972) is an American educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii since 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Quotes Watched the clip again and would like to reiterate that Ken Cuccunnelli is a racist who doesn’t understand the first thing about America. On Ken Cuccinelli on August 13, 2019, via Twitter (‘Clearly, he did not take part in our curriculum’: Historians bash Ken Cuccinelli’s revised Statue of Liberty poem Meagan Flynn The Washington Post August 14, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/14/ken-cuccinelli-statue-liberty-poor/) Quotes about Schatz The new bill allocates $199.5 million of the total appropriation to VOA and $138 million for USAGM’s operations. Additionally, nonprofit grantees will also be funded through this bill to the tune of $112.5 million for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, $69 million for Middle East Broadcasting Networks, $53.5 million for Radio Free Asia and $40.5 million for the Open Technology Fund. The Trump administration pushed to defund the nonprofit media outlets, but Lamberth has largely restored their funding in court after they all sued. Radio Free Asia previously said it was pausing operations but in recent months has resumed some publishing activities. “With new funding, if enacted, RFA anticipates ramping up additional news operations that have been paused in the Asia-Pacific region,” RFA spokesman Rohit Mahajan said in a statement. Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii), the top Democrat on the state and foreign operations subcommittee, applauded the bipartisan negotiation that led to the bill but expressed worry that it still represented a cut to government broadcasters. “While the bill ensures continued funding for our international broadcasting grantees,” he wrote in a statement, “it forces cuts at a time when they are trying to provide critical services in Ukraine, the Middle East, and across the Indo-Pacific.”Schatz and his House counterpart, Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Florida), previously criticized the Trump administration’s “illegal gutting” of the agency. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Florida), the Senate and House appropriations subcommittee chairs, did not respond to requests for comment. Scott Nover, "Congress agrees to fund Voice of America, bucking Trump shutdown order", The Washington Post, 13 January 2026 External links Senator Brian Schatz official U.S. Senate website Brian Schatz for Senate campaign website Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Hawaii Category:Politicians from Michigan Category:Members of the United States Senate Category:Twins from the United States