Daniel Akaka: “I want to congratulate Secretary Shinseki for making this decision which will greatly simplify the application process…”

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

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

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.

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