We are a part of the United States, a permanent part of the United States, because we chose to be.

I introduced the Marianas Population Stabilization Act, H.R. 560.

Let's not wait another 10 years or 8 years, and we go over passport fees to fund this compact of impact associations.

To ensure that communities in the Marianas will always have at least a minimal level of scheduled air service, EAS eligibility must be amended.

I thank the Committee for its consideration of this proposal for inclusion in the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.

I request that you consider including my district, the Northern Mariana Islands, among the locations eligible to participate in the Department of Transportation's Essential Air Service (EAS) program.

I am asking that the committee consider including my district, the Northern Mariana Islands, among the locations eligible to participate in the Department of Transportation's Essential Air Service, or EAS, program.

I respectfully ask that the Northern Marianas be included in the exemptions to EAS requirements, along with Alaska and Hawaii.

This inequity... started at first contact with non-Native Americans a long time ago.

Do you agree funding would help?

I want to first thank you for, and President Biden, for agreeing to my request to include 24 million dollars for supplemental educations grants for the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.