Sentator Daniel Akaka U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka was born September 11, 1924 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Like many people, Akaka was effect by World War II and decided after graduation to serve as a civilian work and then in active duty in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1943 to 1947. After the war he returned to school at the University of Hawaii were be focused on his strong belief on the power of education and made it his career as a teacher and principal. In 1976 Congressman Akaka was first elected to the U.S. House. He then was was appointed to the Senate winning elections to the office in 1990, and re-election in 1994, and 2006. Senator Akaka became America’s first Senator of Native Hawaii ancestry, and the only Chinese American member of the United States Senate. He is a man of many committees and is willing to help many. Senator Akaka is a Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia (Recovery.gov). He also serves on the Armed Services, Indian Affairs and Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committees. As Senator of Hawaii, Akaka has many issues towards education and Veterans’ Affairs. As a former teacher, vice principal, and principal, Senator Akaka has worked tirelessly to strengthen education to maximize opportunity and achievement for all in Hawaii and across the United States (Recovery.gov). He supports public education, including bills and amendments to expand literacy programs, increase Title I funding, reduce class size, improve teacher training, and provide for safe and drug-free schools. Senator Akaka has introduced legislation to help boost teacher abilities both in terms of content knowledge and classroom pedagogies through the creation of three new demonstrations grant programs for pre-service and in-service teacher training and the establishment of centers of multicultural excellence, toward promoting a greater understanding of the problems facing teachers in multicultural classroom settings and methods to address them (Recovery.gov). As being Chairman of the Veterans’ Affair he used his leadership position to bring attention and resources to Hawaii veterans. Senator Akaka believes that improvements in areas such as telemedicine and outreach, especially for veterans of the National Guard and Reserves, would help not just Hawaii, but many other areas with underserved veteran (Recovery.gov). He also pushed for progress in making veteran’ health care funding both strong and timely and during his Chairmanship Virginia’s funded a record-levels and introduced legislation to fund veterans’ health care one year in advance of the regular approprations process. Senator Akaka will run again in 2010 and will push forward with his eductional issues and as for now will introduce bills to reform Federal Protective Service and provide health care coverage to veterans’ children up to 26 years of age. As Senator of Hawaii he gaves $90.2 million to develop clean energy, $36 million for broadband infrastructure expansion, and $39 million for Hawaii teacher salaries and benefits. Senator Akaka is willing to do whatever it takes to help his people of Hawaii and the United States. Worked Cited Recovery.gov. Daneil Akaka. 09/22/2010. <http://akaka.senate.gov/press-releases.cfm>
Dillon Spicer
Ms. Melton
Government CC
Sentator Daniel Akaka
U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka was born September 11, 1924 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Like many people, Akaka was effect by World War II and decided after graduation to serve as a civilian work and then in active duty in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1943 to 1947. After the war he returned to school at the University of Hawaii were be focused on his strong belief on the power of education and made it his career as a teacher and principal.
In 1976 Congressman Akaka was first elected to the U.S. House. He then was was appointed to the Senate winning elections to the office in 1990, and re-election in 1994, and 2006. Senator Akaka became America’s first Senator of Native Hawaii ancestry, and the only Chinese American member of the United States Senate. He is a man of many committees and is willing to help many.
Senator Akaka is a Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia (Recovery.gov). He also serves on the Armed Services, Indian Affairs and Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committees.
As Senator of Hawaii, Akaka has many issues towards education and Veterans’ Affairs. As a former teacher, vice principal, and principal, Senator Akaka has worked tirelessly to strengthen education to maximize opportunity and achievement for all in Hawaii and across the United States (Recovery.gov). He supports public education, including bills and amendments to expand literacy programs, increase Title I funding, reduce class size, improve teacher training, and provide for safe and drug-free schools. Senator Akaka has introduced legislation to help boost teacher abilities both in terms of content knowledge and classroom pedagogies through the creation of three new demonstrations grant programs for pre-service and in-service teacher training and the establishment of centers of multicultural excellence, toward promoting a greater understanding of the problems facing teachers in multicultural classroom settings and methods to address them (Recovery.gov).
As being Chairman of the Veterans’ Affair he used his leadership position to bring attention and resources to Hawaii veterans. Senator Akaka believes that improvements in areas such as telemedicine and outreach, especially for veterans of the National Guard and Reserves, would help not just Hawaii, but many other areas with underserved veteran (Recovery.gov). He also pushed for progress in making veteran’ health care funding both strong and timely and during his Chairmanship Virginia’s funded a record-levels and introduced legislation to fund veterans’ health care one year in advance of the regular approprations process.
Senator Akaka will run again in 2010 and will push forward with his eductional issues and as for now will introduce bills to reform Federal Protective Service and provide health care coverage to veterans’ children up to 26 years of age. As Senator of Hawaii he gaves $90.2 million to develop clean energy, $36 million for broadband infrastructure expansion, and $39 million for Hawaii teacher salaries and benefits. Senator Akaka is willing to do whatever it takes to help his people of Hawaii and the United States.
Worked Cited
Recovery.gov. Daneil Akaka. 09/22/2010.
<http://akaka.senate.gov/press-releases.cfm>