Daniel Inouye: “We'll do our best to make certain that it's eligible for research.”

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

Who was one of my great inspirations for this diplomatic approach? Because we have a choice.

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

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.