Well, I'm not entirely sure if the topic of this thread is Senator Inouye, Democrats in general, or BeardedBruce, but this is what Inouye had to say about the original subject:

In a statement, Inouye said his aide simply left a voicemail message with the FDIC and did not speak to anyone at the agency. "This single phone call was the entire extent of my staff's contact with regard to Central Pacific Bank, to any outside agency," Inouye's statement said.

Isn't making inquiries on the behalf of constituents what elected representatives are supposed to do?