Category: Congress

Congress

#TBT: July 30, 2026

Lawrence W. Cramer, newly appointed governor of the Virgin Islands, appeared before the Senate Territories Committee for questioning on his fitness for office...

Right to Democracy brings territory voices to Congress ahead of US 250th anniversary

A bipartisan group of lawmakers and territorial advocates briefed congressional staff and policy leaders on June 4, 2026, on what the principle of consent of...

A push for parity: The in-state tuition bill for US territories

Early in March, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 6472, entitled the Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act. This marks a...
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At a glance

President
Donald Trump (R)
Puerto Rico
Resident Commissioner
Pablo José Hernández Rivera (PDP, D)
Guam
Delegate
James Moylan (R)
United States Virgin Islands
Delegate
Stacey Plaskett (D)
American Samoa
Delegate
Amata Coleman Radewagen (R)
Northern Mariana Islands
Delegate
Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R)
US senators
None
US House floor vote
No
US House committee vote
Yes
US House committee
Natural Resources
US Senate committee
Energy and Natural Resources
Interior Department
Office of Insular Affairs

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