Daniel Akaka: “Thank you very much, Senator Burris.”

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.

Last Congress, bipartisan legislation was introduced by Senator Daniel Akaka (S. 998) and Representative George Miller (H.R. 1867) to address this problem and assure that all pilots are provided fair benefits.

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.