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

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

In order to educate prospective home owners and promote responsible home ownership, I authorized and secured funding for the Financial Education and Counseling Pilot Program.

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

In order to bring about a positive change in investor behavior, we must provide investors with the tools and information they need to make informed decisions.

I worked to establish the Office of Financial Education within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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…

today I rise to reintroduce the whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. I am pleased that Senators Collins, Grassley, Lieberman, Levin, Carper, Leahy, Harkin, Pryor, Landrieu, McCaskill, Tester, Begich, and Cardin have joined as…

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

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.

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

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

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

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

today I rise in support of my resolution designating April 2011 as Tsunami Awareness Month. The recent events in Japan serve as a reminder of the importance of tsunami preparedness and mitigation. As we recently saw, tsunamis can strike at…

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 a hearing on S. 675, a bill to express the policy of the United…

today I rise to honor America's public servants, who provide so many essential services that Americans rely on every day. I am pleased to once again introduce a resolution recognizing these employees during Public Service Recognition Week…

I rise today speak as an original cosponsor of an amendment to the Long Term Leasing Act of 1955. I am pleased to be an original cosponsor on this legislation which was introduced by my colleague on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, Mr…

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…

I rise today to introduce a technical amendment to the Act of June 18, 1934, the Indian Reorganization Act. Trust land is essential to a tribe's ability to exercise their inherent sovereignty. It allows Tribal Nations to protect their…

today I rise to introduce legislation of great importance to my state, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2011. This bill would ensure parity in federal policy as it relates to the Native Hawaiian people. It would put…