Daniel Akaka: “Average Ohioans must wait 479 days for their disability claims to be processed.”

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

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.

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

I fought to include a report on remittance transfers in the Dodd-Frank provisions.