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Senator Tours Kaua‘i with Focus on Renewable Energy, Small Business and COFA Community
March 30, 2024

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From Kaua‘i Now:

Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) recently held events on Kaua‘i focused on renewable energy, small businesses and community members from the Compacts of Freely Associated (COFA) states.

Sen. Hirono on March 27 toured Pacific Biodiesel’s new facility in Hanapēpē, where they are modernizing their production facility using federal funding she helped to secure.

The senator, a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, also visited small businesses on Kaua‘i that are participating in Hawai‘i on the Hill, the Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i’s annual event in Washington. Then, Sen. Hirono met with COFA citizens to discuss the recently passed renegotiated Compacts of Free Association.

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