Better Than Any Thank You Note

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Here’s a scene you won’t see in many offices on Capitol Hill: Advocates for the Big Island’s Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail thanking Sen. Daniel Akaka with a song. 

Akaka and Sen. Daniel Inouye introduced legislation to give the trail national historic designation in 1999. 

Video embedded from Akaka’s YouTube page

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