SENATE COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
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Inouye, 82, the first Japanese American to serve in Congress, began his political career before Hawaii became a state. He was elected to the territorial legislature in 1954 and was sent to Congress in 1959, serving first in the House and later in the Senate.
He has a special friendship with Sen. Ted Stevens, a Republican from Alaska, the other state that was most recently admitted to the union. On Commerce, Inouye has long been involved in communications issues and favors government regulation over markets.
He grew up in Honolulu, the son of Japanese immigrants, and dreamed of becoming a surgeon. But he lost his right arm during combat in World War II. When recovering in a veterans hospital, he asked another veteran whose right arm had been shattered about his future. The man said he was heading to law school and hoped to serve in Congress. He was Bob Dole. The two served together in the House and the Senate.
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