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Kilili to caucus with Democrats in US Congress
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| Last Edited | TX DEM Nov 16, 2008 09:49pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Saipan Tribune |
| News Date | Monday, November 17, 2008 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Northern Marianas' first-ever non-voting delegate says he will caucus with the House Democrats in the 111th Congress.
Delegate-elect Gregorio Kilili Sablan, who traveled to Washington, D.C. on Friday in the hope of joining this week's briefing for new congressional members, has set out the reasons he has chosen to align with the ruling party in the U.S. Congress.
“It is time for a new generation of leaders to write the next chapter of our great American story. The Obama-Biden Administration and the Democratic leadership in the 111th Congress will roll up their sleeves and work hard to write that story for all Americans, and it is crucial that we have a role in that story,” Sablan, an independent, said in a statement.
According to Sablan, he believes in the Democratic Party's support for economic development and fair treatment under federal programs of the insular areas. He cites the party's plan to phase out the cap on Medicaid funding and to phase-in equal participation in other federal health care assistance programs to U.S. citizens in the insular areas, including the Northern Mariana Islands.
Sablan also said the incoming Democratic Congress can provide “immediate temporary funding [to help boost the local economy] because they understand that prosperity for our islands can come from a federal-Commonwealth partnership.”
Sablan also bared a plan to work with House Democrats on the new immigration law for the Commonwealth. He expressed concern about the law's “unintended consequences,” which include the uncertain status of long-time foreign investors and immediate relatives of U.S. citizens in the Commonwealth under the federalized system. |
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