The CNMI administration believes that, right now, the foremost matter affecting the islands’ relationship with the U.S. is the Commonwealth’s dire need for federal funding — tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars.

Rep. Ed Case of Hawaii reintroduced the “Our Pacific Partnership Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives. Per the article, this legislation would “mandate the Department of State to institute a clear and comprehensive strategy to enhance the United States’s diplomatic posts, defense posture and economic engagements with the Pacific island bloc."

By Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero   If we care about our kids’ classrooms, our hospital beds, our police officers and firefighters, then we must...