Gregorio Sablan: “Will you, Madam Secretary, will you commit to follow the law?”

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

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

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.

I explained the path we are forging to fiscal, economic, and social stability in the Commonwealth.