Daniel Akaka: “The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs will come to order.”

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

That is why I have worked hard during my time in Congress to educate, protect, and empower consumers.

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

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