Amata Radewagen: “I have no speakers, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time.”

But who will protect us if Congress abuses its power under the 1983 Act?

The leaders of American Samoa, including Governor Lemanu Mauga, the Senate President, House Speaker, and Congresswoman Radewagen share the strong conviction that Section 1662a poses an unacceptable risk and unfair burden to American Samoa…

Amid the growing threat from the People's Republic of China, or PRC, we must preserve 120 years of American leadership and national success in the Pacific.

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