On the recordDecember 22, 2010
The bill also has the support of the Obama Administration. When the measure passed the House in February of this year, the White House Press Secretary issued a statement noting that President Obama, ``looks forward to signing the bill into law and establishing a government-to-government relationship with Native Hawaiians.'' And earlier this month, Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar wrote to the Senate Leaders to reiterate the administration's support for the Native--Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, and to make note of the urgent need for this bill. The letter reads, ``Of the Nation's three major indigenous groups, Native Hawaiians--unlike American Indians and Alaska Natives--are the only one that currently lacks a government-to-government relationship with the United States.''
