Daniel Akaka: “I know personally the challenges that families face when they are unable to save or to borrow money for unexpected…”

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

The month of November provides Native peoples opportunity to educate by sharing their history and culture with a larger audience.

Thank you, Chairman Brown. Thank you very much for holding this hearing today and for all of your work on consumer protection issues.

Thank you for all of your work in all of that.