Daniel Akaka actually said...

"The recession has caused too many families in Hawaii to suffer from a job loss, a reduction in hours, a home foreclosure, a bankruptcy filing, an inability to obtain credit, or the elimination of stat..."

"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has already protected and created jobs, strengthened infrastructure..."

"I was concerned, of course, when the legislation which was providing necessary State match drawdown of $15 million of Federal assistance that Senator Inouye and I also helped to secure was vetoed."

"Native Hawaiians are clearly a nation, both prior to and after contact with Europeans."