Daniel Akaka: “Veterans are the soul of America. There are citizens and there are veterans. Without veterans, there would be no…”

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

Well, thank you very much for that.

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

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