Chairman. I rise in strong support of the Underwood amendment and urge my colleagues to join me in voting to uphold the commitment of the Federal Government to the citizens of Guam. In adopting the 1986 Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia. the Republic of the Marshall islands. and the Republic of Palau. the Federal Government made a promise that Guam would be reimbursed for the costs associated with unrestricted immigration from the Freely Associated States. Unfortunately. that promise was not kept until last year when the Congress appropriated $2.5 million for fiscal year 1995. Having just begun to live up to our promises. we should not back out now.
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