Daniel Akaka: “You have stood firm when folks have said, cut Federal employee pay. Cut their retirement. Cut their benefits.”

Thank you for all of your work in all of that.

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

When Americans make wise economic decisions and are protected from bad actors, our economy and Nation are stronger for it.

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