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Jim Moylan: “What we need from Congress now is the same flexibility that Congress allows to all of the other territories to shape…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
What we need from Congress now is the same flexibility that Congress allows to all of the other territories to shape their own future.
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Jim Moylan
Guam

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Moylan requests Congress to provide American Samoa the same self-determination flexibility given to other territories.

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