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Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds has formally called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to reinstate Annex VI of the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement, lifting restrictions on scheduled air service between the Northern Mariana Islands and China.
In a letter to newly confirmed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the CNMI delegate stressed the urgent need for federal action to support the CNMI’s economic recovery by restoring unrestricted international flights.
This week, I wrote to newly confirmed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, urging him to honor the international agreement that exempts the CNMI from flight restrictions on U.S.-China air service. The CNMI is struggling. I hear from employees worried they won’t get enough hours to cover rent and business owners questioning whether they can afford to stay open. Right now, we have a tourism economy without the tourists—and job number one is to reopen our market and bring money back into your pockets.
This week I
On Wednesday, I met with Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany who has been vocal about Chinese birth tourism in the CNMI.
I was troubled to hear that funding for critical federal programs in the CNMI, including the N
