Daniel Akaka: “Every Afghan soldier and police recruit now undertakes mandatory literacy education.”

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.

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

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

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.