Daniel Akaka: “Public transportation is critically important to Hawaii, which currently has the highest gas prices in the Nation.”

Well, thank you very much for that.

That is why I have worked hard during my time in Congress to educate, protect, and empower consumers.

We must also reaffirm and acknowledge the Department of Education's Federal trust responsibility for American Indian and Alaska Native students.

I fought to include a report on remittance transfers in the Dodd-Frank provisions.