Eni Faleomavaega: “We are expending $1.7 billion for the services of your agency that produces over $120 billion benefit.”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank you for holding today's hearing on U.S.-China relations.

It took American democracy over 200 years to develop where we are now.

Until Delegates here have votes on the Floor, this problem is going to continue to remain because agencies do not have responsibilities to Delegates in the territories.

I have always complained about the fact that we did not seem to pay attention to the Asia-Pacific Region from previous administrations.