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MEDIA RELEASE Retired Sen. Daniel K. Akaka will serve as honorary statewide chairman for U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa’s campaign for the U.S. Senate, joining a growing list of community leaders from across the state who are coming together to support Colleen’s vision for the future of Hawaii. The county chairs will help coordinate community outreach […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The honorable Sen. Daniel Akaka will be honored as grand marshal of the King Kamehameha Day Parade in Kailua-Kona on Saturday, June 15. He will be accompanied by members of his family, including daughter-in-law, Anna, who will be leading an equestrian unit as this year’s Pa‘u Queen. This year’s parade is 9-11 a.m. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The public is invited to join Gov. Neil Abercrombie and members of the state Legislature in honoring former U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka as he is inducted into the Aloha Order of Merit. The Aloha Order of Merit Ceremony is 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14 in the House Chambers, Hawaii State Capitol. […]

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Akaka: ‘Sen. Schatz will be a strong progressive voice for Hawaii in the U.S. Senate’

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff The public is invited to a memorial service for the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, a war hero, distinguished president pro-tempore of the United States Senate, and an effective advocate for the people of Hawaii for more than five decades. The Big Island memorial is Thursday, Dece. 27, at the Afook-Chinen […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to grant a temporary deferment for REAL ID compliance for Hawaii and several dozen other states: “I welcome the Department of Homeland Security’s common-sense decision that will ensure Hawaii residents with state-issued identifications and driver’s licenses will […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution (S.Res.624) honoring Sen. Daniel K. Inouye. The resolution was sponsored by Inouye’s colleague of 36 years, Sen. Daniel K. Akaka. The text of the resolution follows: Relative to the death of the Honorable Daniel Ken Inouye, Senator from the State of Hawaii. Whereas, Sen. Daniel […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.St. House of Representatives has unanimously approved the bipartisan Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 (S. 2170) by voice vote. The bill passed the Senate on Nov. 30, 2012 and will now head to the president’s desk for signature. The bill was introduced by Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) and cosponsored by […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, has urged his colleagues to pass the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, which he co-authored with the late Sen. Daniel Inouye. Akaka’s remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. President, I rise today as my friend, my colleague, my brother, Dan […]

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Akaka: ‘My goal was to bring the spirit of aloha to our nation’s capital in everything I do’

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has obtained approval from the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) to release the Arctiidae moth to combat the spread of Fireweed, an invasive pest that is toxic to livestock, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye has announced. Fireweed is an invasive weed from […]

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MEDIA RELEASE President Barack Obama hosted his fourth annual Tribal Nations Conference at the United States Department of the Interior last week, where the negative effects of the Supreme Court’s Carcieri decision and need for a legislative remedy remained an overarching theme. In closing remarks at the conference, President Obama said, “With some tribal nations […]

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MEDIA RELEASE At Wednesday’s closing session of the 2012 Tribal Nations Conference, President Barack Obama gave a “shout out” to U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka who was attending the conference as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. “I want to give a special shout-out to Sen. Danny Akaka, who has been such a tireless […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two new reports this week that analyzed changes to the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act and their impact on federal employees and Postal Service employees. GAO found that proposed cuts to Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) benefits in the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S.1789) would result in […]

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