News Releases

Rescue Plan for restaurants begins

Restaurants in the Marianas will be able to apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund beginning Monday, May 3, at 12:00 p.m. ET.

To end hunger now

Ending hunger in the Marianas is now part of a larger national conversation on ending hunger in America -- and you can add your voice, too. Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern began the initiative with a hearing on “Ending Hunger in America: Challenges, Opportunities, and Building and Political Will to Succeed.”

WSR gets $2m for Yutu repairs

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a $2,078,586.90 grant for repairs to the William S. Reyes Elementary School for damage from Super Typhoon Yutu.

Marianas transportation in the mix

Thirteen highway and transit projects for the Northern Marianas are now under consideration by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to include in its surface transportation reauthorization.

Earmark requests submitted

The Democratic majority in the House has agreed to allow member-directed funding, previously known as "earmarks," in this year’s appropriations legislation;

Advocating for veterans' caregivers

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a closed-door roundtable Wednesday to assess the rollout of Phase One of the expansion of VA’s Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).

Kilili Launches 2021 API Heritage Month Essay Contest

Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan invites middle and high school students in the Northern Mariana Islands to submit essays for his first-ever Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Essay Contest.

THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - April 23, 2021

• Biden commits to Marianas SNAP • $191M unpaid PUA/FPUC; 2,435 waiting • Bracing for climate change • More help: $88.7m operations loan • Protecting sharks, all ocean life • In recognition of National Park Week • Include Marianas in Wagner-Peyser • Protecting students from fraud • Countering sexual harassment • Seeking parity for Marianas vets • Kilili Time Capsule • Opportunities • Legislative highlights

Biden commits to Marianas SNAP

$191M unpaid PUA/FPUC; 2,435 waiting

Less than half the money the Commonwealth has received for unemployment assistance has been paid to those out of work; and 2,435 applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation are still waiting to be processed, as of April 10, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.