Congressional Committees
Committee on Education and the Workforce
In this committee, Hirono takes part in overseeing all levels of federal education programs. The committee focusses on strengthening health care, retirement security, and job training. Some of their major issues in the past years have been improving the No Child Left Behind Act, making college more affordable, raising minimum wage, and protecting worker's rights to organize and bargain.
Subcommittees
Subcommittees
- Early Childhood Elementary and Secondary Education
- Workforce Protections
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
This committee focusses on ensuring the safety of transportation systems, discusses the issue of global climate change, and works on upholding the nations promise of protecting the environment and going green.
Subcommittees
Subcommittees
- Aviation
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Highways and Transit
- Water Resources and Environment
Other Committees
House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
House Democracy Assistance Commission
- Hirono was elected to serve in November of 2012
- Job is to assign members to other committees
- Makes policy recommendations
House Democracy Assistance Commission
- Supports and promotes the development of democratic governments throughout the world
- Made up of twenty members of the United States House of Representatives