Daniel Akaka: “It has been good leadership. It has been a great strategic plan.”

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

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

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.

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