Discover the defining moments in the early life of Brian Schatz. From birth to education, explore key events.
Brian Schatz is an American politician currently serving as a U.S. Senator for Hawaii since 2012. A Democrat, his political career includes serving in the Hawaii House of Representatives (1998-2006), chairing the Democratic Party of Hawaii (2008-2010), and as the state's Lieutenant Governor (2010-2012). Schatz is a prominent figure in Hawaiian politics and now represents the state in the U.S. Senate.
On October 20, 1972, Brian Emanuel Schatz was born. He later became a U.S. Senator representing Hawaii.
In 1972, public attention was finally brought to the Tuskegee syphilis experiment after Brian Schatz's father, Irwin Schatz, complained about the ethics of the experiment in a 1965 letter that had initially been ignored.
In 1994, Brian Schatz graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. in philosophy.
In 2004, John Kerry received 54% of the Hawaii vote.
In December 2006, Brian Schatz founded a group with other Hawaii Democrats to urge Barack Obama to run for president.
In 2007, Schatz was a member of the 2007 class of the Pacific Century Fellows.
In 2010, the National Rifle Association had given Brian Schatz a "C" rating for his mixed voting record regarding gun law.
Shortly before his death on December 17, 2012, Senator Daniel Inouye dictated a letter to Governor Neil Abercrombie recommending that U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa be appointed to finish his term.
In 2013, the American Conservative Union gave Schatz a 3% lifetime conservative rating.
In 2014, Schatz stopped short of calling for the legalization of marijuana in Hawaii, and has called for the criminalization of date-rape drugs.
In 2014, the core of the Schatz campaign was climate change and renewable energy.
On April 1, 2015, Irwin Schatz, Brian Schatz's father, passed away due to metastatic melanoma.
In 2017, Brian Schatz was invited to be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2017 at Pomona College, his alma mater.
In response to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Schatz advocated for common-sense gun safety laws, stating that more action was needed than just lowering the flag to half-mast.
In 2021, Schatz called the storming of the United States Capitol by Trump supporters during the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count "despicable" and called for Trump's removal from office.
In 2023, Brian Schatz reacted to the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and inflammatory statements by Benjamin Netanyahu.
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