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Brian Schatz
U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI current
Hawaii |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2029 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Hawaii
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2023 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI
Hawaii |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2023 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI
Hawaii |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Hawaii
United States |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI
Hawaii |
Democratic | Dec 27, 2012 | Jan 3, 2015 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Hawaii
United States |
Democratic | Dec 27, 2012 | Jan 3, 2015 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security Cooperation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs — Vice Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Ethics unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.444, social dim. -0.135. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense | Nay | Jan 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense | Nay | Jan 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Nay | Jan 23, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Nay | Jan 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | Nay | Jan 22, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense | Nay | Jan 21, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session | Nay | Jan 21, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State | Yea | Jan 20, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Nay | Jan 20, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended | Nay | Jan 20, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Nay | Jan 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Coons Amdt. No. 23 | Yea | Jan 15, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Cornyn Amdt. No. 14 | Nay | Jan 15, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Nay | Jan 13, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Nay | Jan 9, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,000 recorded contributions totalling $749,058. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 384 of 1000 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate PAC | 24 | $191,060 | 26% |
| Big donor | 52 | $155,800 | 21% |
| Small-dollar | 308 | $11,593 | 2% |
| Unclassified | 616 | $390,605 | 52% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,739 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Jan 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $16,098 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Jul 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $15,089 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Aug 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $13,266 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $10,970 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Feb 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $9,522 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Jul 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $8,943 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Dec 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $7,650 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Nov 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,482 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Jun 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,334 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,990 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Jul 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,887 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Aug 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,857 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Aug 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,170 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Feb 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,062 | INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP | SCHATZ FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (6 as lead sponsor)
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S 4830
US · Jun 18, 2026
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the "United States…
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S 4610
US · Jun 17, 2026
Pacific POWER Act
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S 4695
US · Jun 8, 2026
CONSENT Act
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S 4582
US · May 20, 2026
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2026
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SRES 730
US · May 14, 2026
A resolution congratulating the University of Hawaii men's volleyball team for winning the 2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Volleyball…
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S 4545
US · May 14, 2026
Scientific Integrity Act
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