Daniel Inouye: “I look forward to hearing the witnesses, and I turn now to my esteemed Co-Chairman, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.”

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

By allowing the DREAM Act to sit idle, we extinguish hope for a lot of people and deny too many the opportunity I was given.

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.

Of course a lot of what the military can use today traces its roots back to science and technology investments.