Gregorio Sablan
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Congress has the power to do that immediately, and I know that there is legislation you have supported that would do that, and I appreciate that.
Statement from Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan dated April 28, 2021.
But so now in 2021, cost remains the biggest deterrent to broadband access, along with dark spots in connectivity and the threat of typhoons disrupting the undersea cables.
Come October 1st, funding for Medicaid in the Northern Marianas will drop back to the statutory cap, $7.2 million, or an 88 percent reduction.
Lifting the cap may seem an invitation to spend, but in fact the $60 million provided in both fiscal 2020 and 2021 have proven an accurate estimate of actual need over the last 2 years.
It feels like Groundhog Day. Not 2 years ago, the Medicaid director from the Marianas testified before this committee...
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.
I hope that, Madam Chair, as part of a memorial, we can take up this long overdue technical correction in Federal election law.
I will agree with delegate Stacey Plaskett that the passage of H.R. 1, the enactment of that bill into law would be extremely helpful.





