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I hope that, Madam Chair, as part of a memorial, we can take up this long overdue technical correction in Federal election law.

I wish to associate myself with the statements including the discussion of the legal hurdles of allowing citizens of territories to fully and finally exercise their rights as Americans.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made clear that fully reopening schools carries the highest risk of creating new spikes in COVID-19 infections.

Schools are currently struggling to safely reopen because of this President's failed response to the pandemic.

We are here to ask what Congress must do to help America's students get back to school during this pandemic.

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.

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 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.

Nobody owns us, Mr. Wittman. Nobody owns us.

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.