This is one thing that I'm so proud of with Congress is that constituents would bring their grievances with their government.

No one could make a living for very long fishing without significant investment from the Federal government.

We will need even more data and resources to understand the impacts climate change is having on our oceans.

Data is insufficient to manage fish stocks sustainably without large precautionary buffers.

The language of S. 256 reflects recommendations made by the Executive Branch.

S. 256 corrects that anomaly, providing the same interest in submerged lands around the Northern Mariana Islands as is now enjoyed by American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is the only U.S. jurisdiction that does not have ownership of the submerged lands three miles off its shores.

I fully support the bill, but the story of the atomic bomb will not be complete.

the two best things that Congress has ever done for the place I am from, and one is to approve the permanent political status relationship we have with the United States.

I think it is an issue that we all need to start addressing.

I come from a place way out in the Pacific where, unlike many school districts where you can reach into the next county and pull teachers in, we don't have that capacity.