Gregorio Sablan: “After a decade of negative GDP, the Marianas economy has begun to grow.”

Ever since, the Insular Cases have been used to block territorial efforts for equal treatment in essential Federal programs from Medicaid and food stamps to SSI.

On a day like this, the last day of the week when Members get to vote by 11 o'clock, and then they start running out that door, I used to be envious. Today, I am actually astonished; astonished at the problem before us and that people have…

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.

I also would think that the provisions of H.R. 3268 will help move forward the exercise of free and fair elections in the territories.