How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands has 2 minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $21,300,000)''. Page 16, line 24, after the…

I am offering an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for H.R. 1335, which was submitted to the Rules Committee by my colleague Mr. Huffman. Mr. Chair, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is a sterling example…

This month, 72 Samoans who were exiled to my home, the Northern Mariana Islands, will receive the ceremonial farewell they were never given--100 years late. In 1909, the 72 Samoans were exiled to the Mariana Islands by the Governor of…

The people of the Northern Mariana Islands deserve the same protections of federal law as other Americans. Making sure my people get equal treatment is one of the reasons I came to Congress and equivalent treatment brings me to the floor…

I support S. 1086, reauthorizing the Child Care and Development Block Grant program. We all talk about jobs bills. Well, in my district, the Northern Mariana Islands, mothers and fathers in 200 families can go to their jobs every day…

Lowering the cost of electricity is extremely important to the people I represent in the Northern Mariana Islands. Residential customers in my district pay 40 cents per kilowatt-hour--three times the U.S. average. And those electricity…

40 years ago, Jose C. Tenorio, a visionary businessman of the Northern Mariana Islands, founded Pacifica Insurance Underwriters. 1973 was an exciting time in our islands. The Covenant was being negotiated. Hotels, tourists, and investors…

The people of the Northern Mariana Islands know the terror when a typhoon strikes. We know how difficult are the days and months of recovery after, but none of us has known a storm with the power and intensity of Typhoon Yolanda. So our…

Public education in the Northern Mariana Islands was transformed 25 years ago by the Education Act of 1988, creating an autonomous public school system outside of the executive branch of government, overseen by an elected board of…

I have no further speakers, but I would like to thank Doc Hastings for a wonderful way of managing bills. This is probably at the fastest pace, and we should do this more often. I yield back the balance of my time.

At this time I would like to yield such time as he may consume to my friend, the distinguished gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. Faleomavaega). (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)