--- description: Schatz is the senior United States Senator for Hawai‘i and the lead Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Brian Schatz ## Brian Schatz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Schatz is the senior United States Senator for Hawai‘i and the lead Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs._ ## Brian Schatz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 14, 2025 ### [Trump’s USAID Attacks Are Not About Efficiency](https://time.com/7225290/trumps-dismantling-of-usaid/) Senator Brian Schatz, lead Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee overseeing foreign aid... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 4, 2022 ### [3 Essential Steps for the Next Phase of the Climate Flight](https://time.com/6227985/next-steps-climate-fight/) While the Inflation Reduction Act is the most we’ve ever done, it’s still not enough to meet this pl... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 15, 2015 ### [The Climate Deal Is Just the Start](https://time.com/4148688/climate-deal-brian-schatz/) We need big ideas and bold action to deal with global warming [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-brian-schatz/","name":"Brian Schatz"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-brian-schatz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-brian-schatz/"},"name":"Brian Schatz","jobTitle":"","description":"Schatz is the senior United States Senator for Hawai‘i and the lead Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.","url":"https://time.com/author/sen-brian-schatz/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```