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Seat
U.S. Senator from Hawaii
Born
October 20, 1972
Age 53
Phone
(202) 224-3934
Office
722 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20510
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Hawaii

Brian Schatz

Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. A progressive Democrat, Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, representing the 25th legislative district; as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010; and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012.

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Voting Record — 776
Yes26%
No73%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align96%
Cross-party1%
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Brian Schatz
U.S. SenatorDemocratHawaii
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Brian's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 44 sponsored · 168 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

I’m not sure I can accurately summarize this as I don’t think anyone has yet catalogued all of the non federal stuff that will continue and accelerate but I anticipate folks are compiling this as we speak.!
I wouldn’t bother they might be nice personally and they might like the ACA or Medicare or a new bridge so we don’t have to win every argument we just have to have a coalition that can win.
This is a real thing and thanks for flagging it. I do believe that some of these AI data centers are going to use small modular nuclear reactors, which could be beneficial for developing scale for what they call SMR, which I believe has pretty big potential
I think there are a lot of people on the center right who do believe that climate change is a problem but have been persuaded that the United States cannot and should not lead within that context I’ve been pretty darn persuasive about what can be done and where America should leave.
I try not to focus on what individuals can do because my job is explicitly climate policy making, and I think one of the things that irritates folks about climate hawks like me is bossing people around about personal choices. This isn’t a criticism of the question, I’m just not the guy to answer.
This is a high impact issue because the cost of disasters keeps going up and up and up and it’s not just the type of infrastructure but also the location. I remember a Republican senator telling me that he went to a Republican mayor and said I will help rebuild your town twice, but not three times
I don’t know if it’s every penny but certainly there was a plan to make sure that the IRA was essentially irreversible and it has been substantially implemented.we wrote this thing with the understanding that the door swings both ways in Washington
A lot of the IRA implementation has been so successful in Red states that I don’t anticipate the underlying subsidy to be repealed. That would be deeply unpopular almost everywhere but I do think they are going to try to do damage - unclear what it would be. Will let you know for sure.
I am very open minded to a wide range of permitting reforms to enable clean energy and housing. The only quibble I would have with your question is, I don’t think we’re done negotiating over the possibilities in this Congress not just next year but in the next six weeks.
storms are getting worse and storms are getting more frequent and you don’t have to be some PhD in meteorology to understand that so I think we should keep our language simple and talk about natural disasters getting worse and they’re being more of them
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Voting History
776 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-01-30Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (80-17)
2025-01-29End debateNOYESCloture Motion Agreed to (78-20)
2025-01-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (56-42)
2025-01-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (56-42)
2025-01-28H.R. 23 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-28Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (77-22)
2025-01-27End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (97-0)
2025-01-27Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (68-29)
2025-01-25End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (67-23)
2025-01-25Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNONomination Confirmed (59-34)
2025-01-24End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-39)
2025-01-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-49)
2025-01-23Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-01-22S. 6 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-45)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (54-46)
2025-01-20Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (99-0)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (64-35)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (75-24)
2025-01-17S. 5 (119th)End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-35, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (46-49)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (70-25)
2025-01-13S. 5 (119th)Begin considerationNOYESMotion to Proceed Agreed to (82-10)
2025-01-09S. 5 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNOYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 3/5 majority required)

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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