This Week In Congress

Geneva, Switzerland. On October 14, 2018, at the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland, Wesley W. Simina, Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) resumed the chairmanship of the IPU’s Asia-Pacific Group (APG). This grand leadership role for a small islands developing country started earlier this year when the FSM Congress first assumed the chairmanship of […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. October 5, 2018– The Fifth Regular Session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned sine die on Tuesday with the passage of measures to address national issues among which included the FY-2019 National Budget, and substantial measures for security and efficiency of the Nation’s Trust Fund, among many others. Leading

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. October 5, 2018– The recent session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned on October 2 with two confirmed nominations and the approval of grant resolutions for the various health, education and social programs of the Nation. Convened on September 17, the Fifth Regular Session of the 20th Congress adjourned last

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 28, 2018 – The Congress has, through Congressional Act (CA) 20-130, passed $ 64,819,927 as the Federated States of Micronesia National Government budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2019 and starts on October 1, 2018. During Day Ten of its Fifth Regular Session, the 20th Congress passed the Budget Act to fund operations of all branches

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – July 31, 2018.  The Fifth Special Session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia is scheduled to convene on August 2-7 as called by President Peter M. Christian. In his letter to Speaker Wesley W. Simina, the President requested the Congress to consider “urgent matters that remain pending with Congress” from

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. July 27, 2018– The recent Fourth Special Session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned with the confirmation of an Associate Justice, the establishment of a seabed resources authority among others. During its 10-day Special Session, from June 25 to July 4, the Congress confirmed for the Nation, Richard R.

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 21, 2018 – The Fourth Regular Session of the Twentieth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia is underway in Palikir to begin the review process for the National Government budget for fiscal year 2019. Convened on May 11th, the session would primarily focus on the national budget especially the Health and Education

April 19, 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948. Speaker Simina through a letter to the Speaker of the Knesset of the State of Israel, the Honorable Yuri Edelstein, cited, “Seventy is a very meaningful number. It is said that in the Jewish tradition God has seventy names,

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – After a 3-week respite from its established opening day in January, the Third Regular Session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia finally convened on the 29th and confirmed Joe Enlet for the newly opened consulate office in Oregon. The Congress adopted Congressional Resolution (CR) 20-66 and confirmed Joe-Silem Enlet to serve as the