Daniel Akaka: “Today, it is a $26 billion industry and there are 236 Tribes operating 422 gaming facilities in 28 States.”

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

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

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

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.