Daniel Akaka: “I am a big advocate of language training.”

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.

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

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