Eni Faleomavaega

I'd like to do a dialogue here. I'm quite sure that our good friend, the senior ranking member from Alaska, as well as our chairman, previously, this House has passed recognition of the Lumbee people, the Indians, I think twice already in…

I will submit to my good friend, Madam Speaker, the situation that, dealing with the Lumbee Indians, the Congress did formally recognize them in 1956 and there was no process in place.

Madam Speaker, H.R. 65 would extend Federal recognition status to the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina. Several studies undertaken by the Department of the Interior have consistently concluded that the Lumbees are a distinct self-governing…

So there was never any compensation or any support even from the Japanese Government to make whole what they did against the people, the residents of Guam?

So the Japanese Government just simply said, well, don't ask us; ask the United States Government to provide this.

I ask the gentlelady, were there any provisions where it required the Japanese Government to restore or to provide some form of compensation as part of this treaty arrangement?

It has been said among some of the critics of this legislation, saying that the people of Guam were properly compensated already. I am sure the gentlelady has the correct information so that we can inform our colleagues this is not true…

I know our Samoan community throughout the Los Angeles area all mourn the loss of this great and gentle lady. She truly was a dear friend to me, and members of the Samoan community are going to feel the loss of her presence. She lived life…

I submit it is not General Petraeus that we are questioning here. It is the decision of our Commander in Chief, our President, his decision to deploy some 20,000 troops, additional troops to this mess that we created in Iraq. We planned…

I do have the utmost respect for my good friend from Pennsylvania, and I am really saddened this day to hear that the small population of the district that I represent doesn't mean anything to my distinguished colleague who had made the…

I submit to my good friends on the other side of the aisle, the constitutionality of this proposed rule is moot. It is a moot issue. We have already discussed this in the court. Now, if my good friends on the other side of the aisle would…

Faleomavaega asks for Special Industry Committees to continue and for CNMI to be brought under the Special Industry umbrella.

Special Industry Committees administered by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor have determined wage rates in American Samoa.

The FLSA has applied to American Samoa since 1938

I would suggest that before he starts spouting off his mouth, perhaps he should get the facts first before expressing an opinion to this issue. The fact of the matter is the Fair Labor Standards Act does apply to American Samoa, my…

I first would like to express my appreciation to Chairman Bonilla and our senior ranking member, Ms. DeLauro, for allowing me this opportunity to introduce this amendment on behalf of my colleagues, the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr…

It is my privilege and certainly an honor for me to give the rest of my time to our distinguished ranking member of our Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), to summarize the various aspects of…

At this time, I gladly yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), one of our most distinguished senior members of the Committee on International Relations, and certainly a champion of human rights and my dear friend.

I say it quite simply, Madam Speaker: We are all Americans. And I certainly commend the gentleman's sentiments and his remarks concerning the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Guam as expressed by House Resolution…

I express my deepest disappointment in the OIA's failure to consult with the territorial delegates on matters which seriously affect the constituents we represent, and while I can appreciate the territorial governments need to be fiscally…

Mr. Speaker, this is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. This is an American issue. We are talking about the lives of some 5 million of our fellow Americans who live in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and the…

H.R. 2696 directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish three university-based institutes to conduct and promote research to assist Federal land managers in the complicated process of reducing risks of wildfires and improving forest…

Mr. Speaker, my district has 200 inches of rainwater a year, and I would be more than glad to share some of my water with my colleagues. Unfortunately, they would have to go many miles to get these 200 inches of water that we would be more…

Mr. Speaker, the Congo River and its tributaries make up the most extensive network of navigable waterways in Africa, and carry a volume of water second only to the Amazon River. In addition to being a major ecological region in Africa, it…

Mr. Speaker, again I commend my good friend from California (Mr. Royce) for his comments. Over the years, both of us, as members of the Committee on International Relations, know that the issue of Tibet has always been one of those issues…