Gregorio Sablan: “Nobody owns us, Mr. Wittman. Nobody owns us.”

The Compacts give the U.S. responsibility for the COFA nations' defense, and provide the United States with the exclusive military use rights.

It is unacceptable to be cutting food aid in the middle of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.

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

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.