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Today, many children are prevented from reaching their full potential because they are suffering from the significant, long-term effects of trauma.

So as a Nation, we really must do better.

We can all agree that every child in the United States from the Marianas to Maine deserve quality instructions from quality teachers.

Good news for the Northern Mariana Islands and all the insular areas: The Territories Health Care Improvement Act was introduced on Tuesday, addressing the Medicaid cliff our areas face when special ObamaCare funding ends this year…

My amendment No. 337, which is included in the en bloc amendment No. 13, clarifies that students holding or expecting to receive their associate degree can apply for the Technology and National Security Fellowship. Section 239 of H.R. 2500…

When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act our country took an historic step forward on the path toward healthcare justice by protecting millions more from discrimination in healthcare settings.

The Mariana Islands and four other U.S. insular areas face a Medicaid ``cliff''. Funding included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expires this year. Two-thirds of our annual Medicaid funding disappears, gone, putting…

My amendment is intended to ensure that the Northern Mariana Islands Nutritional Assistance Program has enough funding, so that household income eligibility standards and benefit levels currently in place for FY19 are kept in place…

I am inspired by the strength and resilience of our students.

Because we do know that it is a question of when, not if, the next storm will hit.

Let me read from the administration's letter. ``H.R. 559 would provide for the admission of certain aliens who are currently present in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, CNMI, and who had been parolees. . . . In doing so…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, 12 years ago, Congress enacted legislation extending U.S. immigration law to my district, the Northern Mariana Islands; and for my 11 years here in Congress, I have worked to make…

8 months after Typhoon Mangkhut and 7 months after Super Typhoon Yutu, we are finally ready to send a disaster relief bill to the President for signature. Of course, this has taken longer than any of us might wish. But I want to use my…

Would it not be smarter and more administratively efficient to just put the Marianas into SNAP?

the Board encourages the Committee and the Congress to support the recommendation of the Congressional Task Force to treat Puerto Rico in a more equitable and sustainable manner under the Medicaid program

Loss of that funding puts healthcare delivery at risk--not just for Medicaid recipients in our islands, but for the population at large.

We cannot suffer cuts like that and continue to deliver services.

The Mariana Islands, which I represent, and the four other U.S. insular areas all face a Medicaid cliff at the end of this year.