Arnold Palacios

I urge support for more workers, especially for projects outside the fence, to tackle unaffordable housing and other infrastructure challenges.

However, we will not let them have control over Guam and the Pacific region. No way.

History cannot repeat itself. In other words, Guam should never be the focal point of a violent and brutal conflict in the Pacific.

With their insights and genuine desire to curb illicit shipments, we passed legislation to implement a digital manifest.

This would require a collective approach at examining our infrastructure, strategically investing in our island--the needs of the civilian population in Guam, while reaping the added benefit of equipping the best warfighters in the world.

Utilizing the deepest port in the West Pacific right here on Guam, would not only strengthen the American supply chain but create American jobs boosting the American economy.

Imagine a world where China decides to cut off the US from their exports--this would leave us and our allies in the Pacific in limbo.

We can learn from Governor Palacios how PRC uses illegal influence in a democracy to corrupt and destroy democracy.

I have the honor of serving first and foremost my own people in my family's true homeland where my father was elected and served with both great dedication and success as governor.

I suggest that we stop calling it Compact Impact. Let's call it 'Compact Support.'

To be frank, I dislike the term, 'Compact Impact.' The connotation is negative, and it understandably makes people bristle.