02/29/2016
https://congress.gov...
"The 8 years that it took to pass the second Palau agreement caused significant damage to the economy of Palau."
"I am very hopeful that we will find a path."
"These agreements carry with it not only the continuation of a relationship and an alliance, but they go deeper."
"It does not make sense to us why it is necessary to create additional bureaucratic layers when the current process has not had issues."