Daniel Akaka: “The Federal Government and its workforce are under a tremendous amount of pressure.”

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

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