"Families have been pushed into mortgage products with associated risks and costs that they could not afford."
"I would tell you that one of the huge problems that this country has is that this country is financially illiterate."
"How do we create a regulatory structure that better protects working families against predatory practices?"
"Mr. Potter, GAO and others have stated that it is important for the Postal Service to work with the unions in much the same way to realign labor needs with the needs of the postal workforce."
"I look upon what is happening as something that will affect our entire country, including Hawaii."
"The postal reform bill we passed in 2006 intended to make the Postal Service operate even more like a business, as we have said, and be independent of any Federal funding."
"Could a public works program like that be useful in the economic situation we find the country in today?"
"the Veterans' Health Care Budget Reform Act which received bipartisan support to achieve sufficient, timely and predictable veterans' health care funding."
"The Veterans' Health Care Budget Reform Act would ensure that the goals of the partnership--sufficient, timely and predictable funding--are met."
"Chairman Akaka, we were pleased that in September of last year you introduced legislation--S. 3527, the 'Veterans' Health Care Budget Reform Act'--that would reform the VA budget process by providing ..."
"Chairman Akaka, we were pleased that during the 110th Congress you introduced legislation, the Veterans' Health Care Budget Reform Act, S. 3527, that would reform the VA budget process by providing ad..."