Daniel Akaka: “I would like to ask the next question to DOE and DOD.”

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

I fought to include a report on remittance transfers in the Dodd-Frank provisions.

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.

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