Gregorio Sablan: “At this time I yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).”

I mentioned that the CNMI is facing financial conditions that make our commonwealth again acutely vulnerable to Chinese Communist Party exploitation.

Today is, indeed, a very important day, historic in some ways, because it marks the beginning of what I hope and I believe will be a successful bipartisan effort to renew the financial provisions of the Compacts of Free Association

We cannot keep operating like this. So, I look forward to working with my colleagues here in Congress.

Renewing the financial provisions of the Compact is essential to our nation's security posture in the Indo-Pacific region.