May 12, 2009
It is Congress's responsibility to provide support for the much harder job of reforming a failing public school system.
Daniel Akaka
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Daniel Akaka was a prominent Democratic politician from Hawaii who served as a United States Senator from 1990 to 2012. Born on September 11, 1924, Akaka was the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the U.S. Senate. Throughout his tenure, he was known for his advocacy on issues such as education, veterans' affairs, and Native Hawaiian rights. He played a significant role in promoting the Community Reinvestment Act and was a strong supporter of expanding access to financial services for underserved communities.
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May 12, 2009
I want to extend a special welcome to the nominees and your families that are here.
May 12, 2009
I actually look forward to working with my colleague, Sandy, here because it is going to be together that we work out the final financing to allow permanent supportive housing to go forward.
May 12, 2009
I look forward to working with you and members of your staff to try and figure out ways to leverage as many dollars as possible.
May 12, 2009
I look forward to working with you to help increase access to mainstream financial institutions.
May 12, 2009
We are trying to move as quickly as we can to confirm people so that we can all get back to work and begin to do some things for our country.
May 11, 2009
I am a strong advocate for greater protection of personal privacy by the government
May 11, 2009
I am pleased that the Department is requesting an increase of $60 million for Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants.
May 6, 2009
Well, again, thank you very much for your responses. You have been very helpful to us.
May 6, 2009
The Federal Government must attract and hire employees at all levels of experience.
May 6, 2009
Many Federal agencies have limited resources to invest in recruitment programs.
May 6, 2009
I understand OPM provides policy support to Federal agencies on recruitment, but does not have one office focused on government-wide recruitment.
May 6, 2009
We need a controlled burn through our regulations and through our building that will take out a lot of the dead wood.
May 6, 2009
To attract them, I think the most important change is for the government to become an active recruiter.
May 6, 2009
I believe that many agencies need to take a more proactive approach to recruitment.
May 6, 2009
Together we can deal with the challenges that we have ahead of us; I look forward to that.
May 6, 2009
I hope that you all have had a chance to review S. 736, the Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act, which Senator Voinovich and I introduced.
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