Daniel Akaka: “I believe we need to see long-term investments in the training of the workforce.”

Financial literacy and consumer protection issues are very close to my heart.

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

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.