Daniel Inouye: “When I tell that to the Puerto Rican Americans, their eyes light up and they say: My God, we had our men in there?”

The intent of that language, it was clarified by one of the sponsors of that language, Senator Daniel K. Inouye

We may have our roots in Japan, but we are committed to the United States and we are prepared to fight for this country.

My approach is to advocate the diplomatic approach, which is symbolized by this wampum belt.

I strongly urge that the Committee take action to assure that laws relating to Native American languages not only include Native Hawaiians in their wording, but also include Native Hawaiians as actual beneficiaries.