Jenniffer González-Colón: “The status quo is dead and the democratic will of the people of Puerto Rico is undeniable.”

I have introduced legislation that will add these crops as priority research areas for the Department of Agriculture.

We are grateful to Chairman Westerman for stewardship of COFA renewal so far.

Despite our compact agreement, the Freely Associated States are independent nations, that if we in the United States fail to remain engaged and do not renew our economic agreement with them, there will be nothing in the way to stop…

Under the terms of the Freely Associated agreements, compact citizens can migrate and work in the United States but they are not U.S. citizens or nationals.