News Releases

Natural Resources Committee approves bill to curb illegal fishing

Not only will this legislation protect domestic fishermen who follow the rules, but it will also protect the marine ecosystems so important to our island economy.

Federal funding drops under short-term continuing resolution

Energy bill permits off-shore mineral revenues for the NMI

House passes child care bill to support working families

"We all talk about jobs. Well, in my district mothers and fathers in 200 families can go to their jobs every day because their children are being cared for through this program."

Senate adds immigration transition policies to House insular energy bill

The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to put together energy teams that would work with American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Freely Associated States on lowering the cost of electricity. Currently, residential customers in the NMI pay 40 cents per kilowatt-hour – three times the U.S. average.

Insular energy bill passes House

"Mr. Speaker, 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 bills are eating away at families’ paychecks. That’s why I support H.R. 83."

Change in law doubles funds for NMI sexual assault program

AmeriCorps continues to serve the Marianas

Comparing federal dollars to “other territories” is not the goal

More funding for the Northern Marianas