The fact is that the rapidly changing economic and social conditions in Guam and the Virgin Islands are no longer so limited in scope that the national interest and general welfare of the inhabitants of these territories can be so easily handled in one Committee of the Congress. For example. the legislative objectives of these territories range. inter alia. from education and welfare assistance. to housing. agricultural assistance. food stamps. unemployment compensation. prevailing wage rates. Immigration amendments. airport construction assistance. federal highway and harbor assistance. air routes. water and electric power. oil and watch quotas. veterans benefits. and voting rights. Through legislation already enacted the federal involvement in the economic and social conditions of both Guam and the Virgin Islands has progressed to the point where they are affected by measures considered by many of the Committees of Congress. The various and complex federal programs which affect the needs of these territories are now so numerous and so varied that the territories require direct territorial representation to meet the changing economic and social conditions in each territory.
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