S.690 Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2013

today, June 11, marks a public holiday in the State of Hawaii, King Kamehameha Day, celebrated since 1872. We hold a statewide festival and mark the day with lei draping ceremonies, parades, hula competitions, and other festivities. It is…

Our country has long been grateful for their service, their sacrifice, and we passed legislation to honor those veterans providing burial rites and compensation.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1046 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1046 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Thank you, Chairwoman McCaskill, for holding this important hearing. I also want to thank Senator Schumer for his leadership and sponsoring this common sense legislation.

These extreme cuts are having an outsized impact on the services the Federal Government provides to the tribal nations.

I believe strongly that Native Hawaiians deserve the same access to the prevailing Federal policy on self-determination as American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Federal reaffirmation of tribal sovereignty through self-governance programs has enabled tribes to generate revenues through their own business enterprises.

It is critical for America to provide long-overdue fairness, and full veterans benefits, to all Filipino veterans.

The Filipino veterans deserve the full support of the United States.

It's not clear to me at all that consumers have any degree of control over the information that's gathered about them.

As far as having access to a credit score be free as part of the package, I think right now that's a legislative issue

Does the consumer have any right to know what this information is or who it's being transmitted to?

doesn't it make sense to have this as an annual free package, a credit report with your score

Talk to me about these specialty CRAs that compile and share consumer data without sufficient oversight?

It is vital for this Committee and this Congress to fully understand the real impacts to Native Americans of the sequester as well as the potential impacts of the Fiscal Year 2014 requests.

I applaud the President's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for prioritizing fisheries science and making targeted investments in fisheries research and management.

The reason that we're going to try to fast-track this legislation... is according to the most recent information from the Bureau of Reclamation, the Klamath Basin... has experienced the second driest January through March period on record.

Your hearing today, Mr. Chairman, S. 693, the city of Hermiston Water Recycling and Reuse Project, this is extraordinarily important to Hermiston, one of our Eastern Oregon communities.

I am authorized to state that Chairman Wellinghoff does not oppose S. Amdt. 579 or H.R. 316.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 726 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

Can we have a better understanding of revenue and expenses and the cash balance there.

I am committed to move forward their fight to ensure that the Federal Government upholds its trust responsibility to the indigenous people of what is now the United States of America.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 690 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…