Daniel Akaka: “DOD identified nine joint capability area portfolios to mitigate the tendency to develop Service-centric, stovepiped…”

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

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

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.

The month of November provides Native peoples opportunity to educate by sharing their history and culture with a larger audience.