Daniel Akaka: “I think that this hearing is another vital step as we work to improve the services our veterans have earned and deserve.”

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

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

Last Congress, bipartisan legislation was introduced by Senator Daniel Akaka (S. 998) and Representative George Miller (H.R. 1867) to address this problem and assure that all pilots are provided fair benefits.

I am proud of the work we have accomplished on this Committee through both legislation, such as the Dodd-Frank and the Credit CARD Acts.