#U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka
Late Senator Daniel Akaka Honored on House Floor
US Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Colleen Hanabusa today led a Special Order of speeches on the House floor honoring the late Senator Daniel K. Akaka.
Former US Senator Daniel Akaka Dies
“Senator Akaka lived a life of love, kindness & aloha… He represented the best of Hawai’i and set the highest standard for all us to achieve in terms of human decency”
Akaka to Speak at Native Hawaiian Convention
This will be his final address to the convention as a sitting US Senator, as he retires in January. Akaka is the first Native Hawaiian ever in the US Senate and third to serve in Congress.
Maui Democratic Party Honors Senator Akaka
More than 400 supporters and well-wishers gathered at the Makena Beach and Golf Resort to celebrate the career and accomplishments of US Senator Daniel K. Akaka.
Akaka Awarded Honorary Theodore Roosevelt Award
US Senator Daniel K. Akaka of Hawai’i was recognized yesterday with an Honorary Theodore Roosevelt Award for his dedication and lasting contributions to the federal merit system and federal workforce.
US Senate Candidate Lingle to Speak to Maui Chamber
Hot on the heels of her senate candidacy announcement, former Republican governor Linda Lingle will speak to the Maui Chamber of Commerce.
Akaka Introduces Bill to Improve Native Education
The Native CLASS Act contains a set of provisions that address language and culture-based education, local control and parental involvement, and teacher training and development.
Senator Akaka Will Not Seek Re-election in 2012
At the end of his current term, Sen. Akaka will have served nearly 22 years in the United States Senate. That is in addition to more than 13 years he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Akaka to Chair Indian Affairs Committee
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka will assume the Chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
AKAKA MEETS HAWAII BORN SPACE SHUTTLE CREW MEMBER
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka met today with the crew of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis who successfully repaired the Hubble Telescope on mission STS-125 in May. The crew includes Honolulu-born and Saint Francis High School graduate Dr. Megan McArthur, who was Mission Specialist. McArthur told Akaka that the feeling of weightlessness was incredible. She said […]
AKAKA TO ATTEND DEDICATION OF RENOVATED LANAI UNION CHURCH
(Posted by Wendy OSHER © 2009) U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka will speak at the dedication of the renovated Lanai Union Church today (February 20). The Senator’s brother, Kahu Abraham Akaka, served the church more than fifty years ago. The building was originally the town’s Buddhist temple and was given to the church near the […]
AKAKA BILL REINTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
(Posted By Wendy OSHER © 2009) U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) reintroduced The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act yesterday, while Congressman Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) introduced a companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is designed to begin a process to form a Native Hawaiian government that could negotiate with the state […]
