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Updated at 5:38 p.m., Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Hirono appointed to two House committees

Advertiser Staff

New U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawai'i, was appointed today to two House committees, Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, a news release said.

The Education and Labor Committee oversees federal programs and initiatives dealing with education at all levels. Hirono said she requested the assignment to help shape federal policy on issues ranging from early learning through secondary education, and from job training through retirement.

"Education should be the great equalizer for children," she said.