Daniel Akaka: “This is an especially timely issue in observing the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001.”

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.

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

Well, thank you very much for that.

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.