About the Senator:
Brian Schatz, a senator from Hawaii; born on October 20, 1972, in Michigan; attended Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii; B.A. Pomona College, Claremont, California; member of the Hawaii state house of representatives, 1998-2006; CEO, Helping Hands Hawai’i, 2002-2010; chairman, Democratic Party of Hawaii, 2008-2010; Hawaii lieutenant governor, 2010-2012; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate on December 26, 2012, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Inouye, and took the oath of office on December 27, 2012.