Daniel Inouye: “I am hopeful that we can pass this bill out of the Senate in the near future.”

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

It is and has always been Federal law and policy that Indian tribes recognized by the Federal Government stand on an equal footing to each other and to the Federal Government.

We have the diplomatic approach, which is the carrot and carrot approach, where everybody wins.

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.