Daniel Akaka: “I must say that in its first year, the CFPB, the Bureau, has made great, great strides in educating, empowering, and…”

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

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.

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

Well, thank you very much for that.