Gregorio Sablan: “I appreciate that the United States has provided leadership that countries in the Pacific look to for economic…”

My amendment No. 606, which is included in En Bloc 5, creates a VA advisory committee for veterans living in the U.S. insular areas and in the Freely Associated States. Veterans in my district, especially, and in the other insular areas…

Today's witnesses will be discussing H. Res. 279, which would place the U.S. House of Representatives on record as rejecting the racist reasoning of the Insular Cases.

I wish to associate myself with the statements including the discussion of the legal hurdles of allowing citizens of territories to fully and finally exercise their rights as Americans.

I want to commend Chairman Westerman and Ranking Member Grijalva for creating this Indo-Pacific Task Force to provide for a bipartisan process.