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I met recently with Deputy Assistant Secretary Ron Tickle, Ms. Kristin Thomasgard, and other representatives regarding the environmental restoration and conservation efforts the Department of Defense is undergoing in the Marianas. The Department has already funded projects like nature restoration in southern Tinian and has plans for further such work across the Commonwealth. I appreciated their cooperation and am excited to see the impact we can make together for our local environment.
Jordan Roiland, former CNMI resident who is now pursuing his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, stopped by the Washing
Gabriella “Gabby” Burke, the grand‑daughter of Crisensia Songao Burch of Rota, stopped by the office to say Hafa Adai!
Thank you to sisters Page and Lane Murrell for interning in our DC congressional office this spring.
I met with Federated States of Micronesia Ambassador to the U.S.
On Thursday, the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health advanced my bill,
On Tuesday the 4-H Marianas Club visited their DC congressional office. They were in Washington for the National 4-H Conference.
We’re proud to see one of the CNMI’s natural wonders featured online by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and its sheer size is breathtaking. Scientists recently measured a colossal coral formation in Maug Island spanning roughly 14,500 square feet, wider than two school buses across the top and stretching the length of four school buses at its base. It is the largest coral of its kind ever recorded, and it may be more than 2,000 years old. Located within the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, this massive, cathedral-like stru