Amata Radewagen: “I hope we are not penny wise and pound foolish in funding them ASAP to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific.”

The Pacific region is critical for U.S. interests and security.

That one sentence add-on buried in the 1983 territorial spending bill takes back the fruits of limited self-determination.

If I can have assurance that we can verify that H.R. 6062, this legislation, will acknowledge the rights of every American Samoan Native, I am ready to embrace you and support this legislation.

I have no speakers, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time.