Your Delegate to Champion the Economy of Our CNMI
- Emergency Economic Stabilization Funding (Stimulus for Small Businesses and New Start Up Small Biz)
To cushion the prolonged economic disaster we continue to face since a series of irreparable adverse impact of US federal policy, back to back natural disasters, CoVid-19 global pandemic, and the relentless unemployment and lack
- Create New Industries
Explore US corporations to invest in the CNMI (along with quality multinational foreign corporations) in lucrative industries.
Explore CNMI targeted industry subsidies and/or tax credit incentives to attract quality investors.
- Revisit the Jones Act
Explore policy areas to achieve affordable shipping of goods and commodities for our consumers.
- US Endangered Species Act
To enable our public and private lands to be developed for residential and/or business investment purposes in order to spur managed, balanced social and economic growth.
- Education and Labor Workforce Development
To secure federal assistance for our educational institutions (Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, Special Program, Post-Secondary, Trades and Technical institutes) in the NMI for the development of the labor workforce.
- US Visa Waiver for the Philippines
The NMI’s close proximity to, similar cultural ties, and our historical source for our labor recruitment from the Philippines make it the most logical and feasible solution to our labor workforce distress.
- Immigration
Lobby and secure a customized NMI-only immigration policy by stabilizing our compelling technical labor workforce needs in order to resuscitate and stimulate our fragile island economy long term.
- Exclusive Economic Zone
Elevate our strategic priority to secure our 200 miles EEZ that is mutually amicable to the US’ defense and security, while ensuring the NMI obtains, protects, and preserves its economic future through the minerals and resources rightfully owned by the NMI from our continental shelf out.
- Cabotage Act
To reduce the cost of travel for our people and visitors to and from the NMI via a Waiver and/or through Essential Air Service customized for the NMI.
- Covenant Sec. 904 – Economic, education, cultural, Social and Political Representation (Trades)
Push for the CNMI to be included in all US trade, investment, travel and tourism missions to attract American investors and more international investments throughout the CNMI.
Promote the CNMI uninterrupted opportunities for direct participation at all social, cultural, education and economic fora in the US, regionally, and internationally for the benefit of our people.
