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Statement Marking Senator Inouye's 15,000 Vote in the United States Senate
Senate floor statement by Daniel K. Akaka
February 6, 2008
Madam President, in the year 1924, a child was born to a woman nurtured by a Hawaiian family, born in Hawaii as an American of Japanese ancestry. He was brought up in Hawaii and went to school there, graduated great McKinley High School in 1942 and decided to serve our country. You have heard others speak about his activities in the Army. He went on to finally receive the Medal of Honor from this country which is the greatest medal anyone can receive. And this is Senator Dan Inouye. And when he returned to Hawaii, he entered into politics and served in the state legislature. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, he was Hawaii's first U.S. House of Representatives member. It was from there he ran for the U.S. senate, was elected, and has been here since that time. Dan Inouye has served our country well over these years, and he has served Hawaii well. So today I rise to mark an historic occasion, which is Senator Inouye's 15,000th vote. This historic milestone is compelling evidence of Senator Inouye's devotion to public service. The people of Hawaii have given him their trust, and in return he has fought relentlessly for our state and our country. Dan Inouye is an institution, without question, in the United States Senate. And I look forward to casting many more votes with my good friend and mentor and brother to benefit Hawaii and strengthen the United States. God bless you, Senator Inouye with much aloha. Thank you very much.
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February 2008
- Feingold, Akaka Fight for Veteran Health Care [February 29, 2008]
- Akaka Chairs hearing on Government-wide Intelligence Community Management Reforms [February 29, 2008]
- Statement on Resignation of Under Secretary for Benefits from VA [February 28, 2008]
- Bipartisan Senators Urge Secretary Rice to Reconsider U.S. Policy Toward Cuba [February 28, 2008]
- Expert Testimony on PTSD and Veterans' Disability Compensation in Senate Veterans Affairs Committee [February 27, 2008]
- University of Hawaii Selected as Homeland Security Center [February 26, 2008]
- Chairman Akaka and Majority Members of Veterans' Affairs Committee Provide Budget Views and Estimates [February 22, 2008]
- Akaka Announces Nominations to U.S. Service Academies [February 21, 2008]
- Senate Democrats Discuss Efforts to Protect Wounded Warriors and Veterans [February 15, 2008]
- Dept. of Labor Implements Akaka USERRA Recommendations [February 15, 2008]
- Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD on Active Duty No Longer Required to Provide Further Evidence of PTSD [February 15, 2008]
- Akaka Reacts to Army Recommendation to Station Stryker Brigade at Schofield [February 15, 2008]
- Hearing on Veterans' Funding with New VA Secretary Peake [February 14, 2008]
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Highlighted in GAO Report [February 8, 2008]
- Akaka Introduces Cost-of-Living Increase for Disabled Veterans [February 8, 2008]
- Akaka Votes to Support Senate Stimulus Package [February 7, 2008]
- Akaka Responds to Reports About Fort Drum [February 7, 2008]
- Feinstein, Akaka, Dicks and Grijalva Urge Interior Secretary to Retain Reagen-Era Restrictions on Loaded Firearms in America's Natonal Parks and Wildlife Refuges [February 7, 2008]
- Statement Marking Senator Inouye's 15,000 Vote in the United States Senate [February 6, 2008]
- Hearing on Veterans' Rehabilitation [February 5, 2008]
- Senators Call for Improved Compensation for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury [February 5, 2008]
- Proposed Veterans' Budget Would Scale Back Recent Gains for Veterans [February 4, 2008]
- More than $7.8 Million in Homeland Security Funds for Hawaii, Akaka and Inouye Announce [February 1, 2008]
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