At Tuesday's Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) questioned VA Secretary Doug Collins. The 5 House Republicans who didn't vote for Trump's sweeping tax bill Caitlin ...

Democratic Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono's partisan streak at confirmation hearings continued Thursday as the lone 'no' vote in a committee hearing to recommend VA nominee Doug Collins for confirmation.

The panel voted 18-1, with the lone “no” vote coming from Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), who said Collins’s plans for the VA were “not in line” with what she believed was right for ...

Collins cleared the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee in a 18-1 vote last month, with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) expressing reservations that Collins would eliminate coverage for some abortion ...

Collins also passed through the Veterans’ Affairs Committee on a wide bipartisan vote – only Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, voted against him.

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Key Concerns Raised: Sen. Mazie Hirono opposed Collins over fears he might overturn a Biden-era rule allowing certain abortion services through the VA.

The lone dissenter, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said she was concerned that Collins would limit access to reproductive care like IVF or abortion for veterans.