Daniel Akaka actually said...

"the first responsibility of the Federal Government is to ensure that the financial marketplace supports that goal."

"I think the two examples you gave are really important examples of the way that the legislation that you worked on, I think, will make a big difference again to families."

"This is a great day for the United States of America, and we need to take advantage of this opportunity and really move ahead to help the people of our country."

"I think that will make an enormous difference in making progress in the future, and the new agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that the Dodd-Frank bill authorizes, will have full authori..."