Daniel Akaka: “Thanks to the Recovery Act and increased funding, your agency was able to hire thousands of new employees.”

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.

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.

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.