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Times are tough— I get it. The CNMI faces a struggling economy, shrinking federal support, and labor shortages. Our utility rates are unbearable. Medicaid, food assistance, and student aid are all under threat. The climate crisis is damaging our farms, our shorelines, our waters–our very way of life. And the military build-up continues to expand across our islands, without benefiting all our islands.
Despite all of this, across our Commonwealth, good, hard-working people are still fighting—fighting to put food on the table, pay for their CUC bill, afford healthcare, earn a livable income, and make the most out of so much less for their families.
“Fighting for Us” is more than a slogan. It’s a promise.
It’s a commitment to the people of the CNMI—and to the generations who are still counting on us to rise to this moment, just as our people did 50 years ago when they chose to become a part of the United States of America.
For me, “Fighting for Us” means standing up—day in and day out—for the people and the places we love.
It means showing up when it’s hard. It means not only having the courage to speak truth to power, but also the humility to listen deeply to all our people and work with them. It means to fight for fairness across all our islands— Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.
Most importantly, “Fighting for Us” means advocating for our students, our workers, our public servants, our veterans, our law enforcement, our families, our man’amko, our manhoben—for all of us.
Today, I stand before you as someone who is ready to fight and has always been willing to listen, learn, and lead as CNMI’s next Delegate to the United States Congress.
It’s a commitment to the people of the CNMI—and to the generations who are still counting on us to rise to this moment, just as our people did 50 years ago when they chose to become a part of the United States of America.
It means showing up when it’s hard. It means not only having the courage to speak truth to power, but also the humility to listen deeply to all our people and work with them. It means to fight for fairness across all our islands— Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.
Today, I stand before you as someone who is ready to fight and has always been willing to listen, learn, and lead as CNMI’s next Delegate to the United States Congress.