H.R. 8787 gives the American citizens of both areas the right to choose an official representative in the capital of their country with official recognition and standing. 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. 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 representation to meet conditions in each territory.
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