Political Quotes

At a minimum, Medicaid must be available to our areas in exactly the same way it is available to every other part of our country.

Protecting our national interests in American Samoa and the Pacific region has been among my main reasons for being in Congress.

I look forward to working with you, Mr. Chairman and our other colleagues, to fulfill the President's promise and include the people of the insular areas fully and equally in our national healthcare programs.

I find myself unable to fully support H. Res. 279 because I believe wholesale rejection of the Insular Cases may have unforeseen or undesirable implications on the future relationship between the territories and the United States.