Daniel Akaka: “Sustainable economic development provides a key to self-determination for Indian tribes.”

I want to say aloha and thank you so much for being here today for the Committee's oversight hearing on Reclaiming Our Image and Identity for the Next Seven Generations.

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

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

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