Gregorio Sablan: “I explained the path we are forging to fiscal, economic, and social stability in the Commonwealth.”

There is no easy way that our nation will be able to maintain our influence in what is becoming an increasingly strategic, important, and contested area of the world without continuing our partnership with the COFA nations.

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

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

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