@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 24, 2011
I believe that America's Wildlife Refuge System has proven to be a great investment for our country.
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@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 24, 2011
My bill would do the same for America's National Wildlife Refuge System, which has an operations and maintenance backlog of $3.4 billion after decades of underfunding.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 13, 2011
Today, I welcome Father Jesse T. Reyes, from the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the Northern Mariana Islands, as our guest chaplain. Father Reyes, or ``Pale Jesse'' as we say in the Marianas, was ordained in 2007. Since then, he has devoted…
@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 3, 2011
I associate myself also with my good friend Mr. Bishop. How can anyone be against the Boy Scouts? I ask my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 3, 2011
This legislation will allow the Indian Nation's Council of the Boy Scouts to expand a very popular adventure camp in Oklahoma. The Scouts would pay fair market value for an additional 140 acres of Forest Service land to be added to the…
@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 3, 2011
I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. SABLAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 3, 2011
The law governing the use of Forest Service lands for ski resorts has not kept pace with the development of year- round activities at many of these sites. New legislation is needed to authorize activities such as rock climbing, mountain…
@gregoriosablan· MP· Oct 3, 2011
(Mr. SABLAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
@gregoriosablan· MP· Sep 22, 2011
It only makes sense that they get a minimum wage at least as high as the rest of our country.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Sep 22, 2011
Raising the minimum wage is one way to accomplish that goal.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Sep 22, 2011
We are going to keep listening and watching as time goes by so we achieve the goal of keeping people working while making sure they earn a decent, fair and dignified wage to support themselves and their families.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Sep 22, 2011
$6,344 in a year before taxes. Today, because of the minimum wage law that Congress passed, some of those same people earn at least $5.05.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Sep 20, 2011
Today, as we struggle with the future of the United States Postal Service, I want to pay tribute to one of the many dedicated individuals who has kept the mail on its way to our homes and businesses in this Nation for almost five decades…
@gregoriosablan· MP· Jul 26, 2011
I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands is recognized for 5 minutes.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Jul 25, 2011
50 years ago, President Kennedy observed that ``the life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose--and is a test of the quality of a nation's…
@gregoriosablan· MP· Jul 20, 2011
20 years ago, one of the most significant and enduring community groups in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was formed, the Northern Mariana Islands Council for the Humanities. Since its founding, the council has become a…
@gregoriosablan· MP· Jun 23, 2011
They are entitled to no less than the attention that we give Americans.
@gregoriosablan· MP· Jun 23, 2011
They deserve the attention from Federal Government employees, and it breaks my heart.