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Even amid crisis--and particularly in these days of social distancing--we should not forget to say thank you. For the third time in as many weeks Speaker Pelosi has led this House to respond forcefully to the coronavirus. To give…
The legislation we are considering to stop the coronavirus is not perfect. No legislation ever is, and we have more work to do. But even amid the crisis, we should not forget to say thank you. For the third time, Speaker Pelosi has led…
The Marianas is the only place in the United States not included in these programs which help small businesses access the knowledge and capital needed to compete successfully for federal contracting opportunities.
My bill ensures the 1,700 small businesses in the Marianas are eligible for grants through the Small Business Development Center Program and through FAST, the Federal and State Technology Program.
I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. I have been working for the last dozen years to make the transition to Federal immigration policy in the Marianas as least difficult as possible. In 2018, with Chairman Rob Bishop's essential…
I thank the chairwoman for yielding. Madam Chair, I cannot imagine. I come from a district where we are the typhoon alley. A little over a year ago, the second largest storm since 1935 that hit the United States hit my island, and that was…
Across America, working parents are struggling to make sure their young children have decent, high-quality child care--at an affordable price.
The cost of child care in America has gone up 2,000 percent in the last 40 years.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Payne). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands (Mr. Sablan) that the House suspend…
I would like to commend Representative Thompson and Representative Wittman for their work on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and would inquire whether my colleague has any remaining speakers on his side. I…
I appreciate the efforts of the Committee to make PROMESA a more effective law that can better meet the needs of Puerto Rico.
But, you see, these Micronesian Islands, yes, we probably contributed to some of this debris. But we are not responsible for that debris, and that thing is floating and growing.
It is too late to go back and point fingers of who is responsible for some of these problems, but let's hope and see that when, after all is said and done, that more is done than is said.
Republicans and Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee agree that now is the time to fix Medicaid funding in the insular areas. H.R. 2328, reported out of the committee in July, addresses the serious funding shortfall all the…
Instead of combating cold war concerns, however, today's challenges are coming from other Pacific powers who want a realignment of allegiance in their favor.
The U.S. neglect of our relationship with Palau and the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia could well be encouraging these friends to turn elsewhere.
I called for this hearing believing the time has come to begin defining a new era for the United States relationship with some of our closest allies.