Daniel Akaka

I worked to include a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act that requires the SEC to conduct a study of financial literacy among retail investors.

This April is Financial Literacy Month, our opportunity to showcase the importance of financial literacy in America.

I authored the Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act to increase safeguards against harmful refund anticipation loans.

I am pleased that the 2011 National Strategy for Financial Literacy developed by FLEC incorporates many of the GAO's recommendations.

I know personally the challenges that families face when they are unable to save or to borrow money for unexpected expenses.

Too many Americans do not have the financial knowledge they need to effectively manage their finances, use credit, and plan for retirement.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, April 14, 2011, at 2:15 p.m. in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing on S. 636, a bill to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe…

It is also easy to lose sight of the calculated public policy goals of programs like Native 8(a) that were carefully created in furtherance of fulfilling those promises.

We appreciate your dedication to fighting the good fight for all of Indian Country.

One of the biggest challenges we face as Indian people today is overcoming the misconceptions of mainstream America.

We enhance our ability to do the people's business, the business of good government and promises kept.

We have deliberately turned from the paternal policies of the past to ones that emphasize respect for native decision-making.

For over 45 years, we have committed ourselves to the policy of self-determination and self-sufficiency for native communities.

Less than 10 percent of residents of Native Nations have access to the lifeblood of our 21st century economy.

The lack of all communications services in Indian Country is alarming.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, April 7, 2011, at 2:15 p.m. in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct an oversight hearing entitled ``Promise Fulfilled: The Role of…

Although protecting the public is our primary goal, we must ensure that security procedures and technologies safeguard privacy rights and are not so burdensome that they discourage air travel.

We must remain vigilant so that privacy and civil liberties are not sacrificed in the name of security.

I support giving the GAO ample powers to review the intelligence community.

Supporting our Federal workers at DHS, the intelligence community, and other agencies who make daily sacrifices to keep us safe is essential to this effort.

I appreciate OPM's focus on candidate development, including encouraging agencies to work together and pool their resources.

What specific solutions should Congress consider to address pay compression?

I have worked for a number of years to reform Federal hiring, and I introduced legislation last Congress to streamline the application process.

Another kind of change we are looking at in an effort to increase progress is that of recruiting diverse candidates to public service.

I thank you so much for your responses. This will be my final question, and it has two parts.