Daniel Inouye: “I thank you, General.”

In 2009, the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye... supported simple and unconditional bill language like that in S. 248

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

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.