Daniel Akaka: “As always, I want to thank Senator Voinovich who has been a partner on these issues.”

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

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.

Financial literacy and consumer protection issues are very close to my heart.

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