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With health care and immigration front and center on the national stage, U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz are increasingly taking to social media and traditional news outlets to vent their views on the Trump administration’s policy.

For example, late-night television’s Stephen Colbert last week :

Colbert added, “I trust I’m mispronouncing his name correctly.”

Yes, you did mispronounce my name correctly.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz)

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Glad we got it right, Senator! Now don’t eat that sandwich… 😜

— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow)

Meanwhile, of Hawaii’s other senator, also a Democrat, to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to was picked up by the conservative .

The pointed, sometimes funny and attention-grabbing comments from Hirono and Schatz are not one-offs. Both senators have as of late elevated their political and policy presence nationally, sometimes approaching the rarified air occupied by Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

It’s by design. Health care and immigration are top-of-mind issues for a home state with some of the best health care in the nation and a rich and unique immigration history.

Mazie Hirono with Andrea Mitchell:

still targets religion. But 3 Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Gorsuch, Alito & Thomas want to see their extreme agenda enacted.

— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono)

It’s also personal. Schatz’s dad was a medical doctor and Hirono is the only immigrant currently serving in the U.S. Senate.

And Trump’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare comes at a delicate��time for Hirono, who last week��underwent her second surgery for cancer in just two months.

Here’s a sample of recent tweets and retweets from our senators:

If you are a member of Congress and you don’t know anyone who has used Medicaid for nursing home care you should go home more.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz)

This bill is unfixable. Let’s start over, with public hearings.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz)

My first march ever.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz)

The Senate has had more hearings on hot tub safety than they have on the Republican health care bill

— NowThis (@nowthisnews)

At home & catching up on news. , , voter registries- let’s keep fighting this disaster of a President.

— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono)

I’ll be back ASAP to keep up the fight against . The stakes are too high to stay silent & we need you to continue speaking out.

— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono)

. to launch another health care talkathon Monday, led by and

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim)

Gabbard and U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa have not been silent on these and other issues. And it’s worth noting that they and Schatz all have��endorsed Hirono’s re-election next year.

But Hawaii’s senators are, to use a favorite word of Hirono’s, heavily in “fight” mode.

Trumpcare In The Crosshairs

The immigration matter is now in the hands of the high court, which expects to hear arguments in October.

But health care is on the Senate’s agenda now and will be taken up next week after Congress returns from its July 4 recess.

We can expect to hear more��from Hirono and Schatz as Senate Republicans debate whether they can strike a Trumpcare compromise that satisfies party moderates��and conservative, even if it requires .

Meanwhile, the president and some senators are now calling for of the Affordable��Care Act, with a promise to pass a replacement later.

It’s not just health care and immigration that have fired up our senators. Schatz is a champion ��while Hirono is never hesitant to speak out in .

Both were noted in a that found they had the most diverse Senate offices.

But our senators are sure to continue fighting (there’s that word again) for health care and immigration. Follow their progress on Twitter:

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