This Week In Congress

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 29, 2026 – Following weeks of intensive public hearings with the national departments, agencies and offices of the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Fourth Regular Session of the 24th Congress adjourned on May 22, 2026, after it extended the President’s Emergency Declaration, confirmed national officials and approved various grants […]

  On February 6, 2026, a courtesy call was requested by the Turkish Ambassador-Designate, Oguzhan Ertugrul to meet with Speaker Esmond B. Moses to discuss matters of mutual diplomatic interests. Ambassador Ertugrul was accompanied by Mr. Ahmed Burak Aydogdu, Third Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkiye. Beginning discussions centered on potential collaboration

  PALIKIR, POHNPEI. JANUARY 13, 2026 – The Third Regular Session of the Twenty-Fourth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia convened today in Palikir and seated Andrew R. Yatilman as the new at-Large and 4-year representative of the State of Yap. Yatilman was elected on November 12, 2025 to fill the seat vacated by

PALIKIR,POHNPEI. JANUARY 09, 2026– Speaker Esmond B. Moses and Members of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia welcomed a Parliamentary Delegation visiting from the National Diet of Japan. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the delegation is from the House of Councilors of the National Diet of Japan and visiting the Nation

A delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Congress recently participated in two significant back-to-back meetings aimed at fostering international cooperation and investment opportunities. The delegation attended the MRA Meetings in Tokyo, Japan, from October 8-11, followed by the World Bank Group 2025 Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C., from October 13-18.     MRA

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. The 24th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned its 2nd Regular Session on September 25, 2025 with the passage of    congressional resolutions addressing several condolences, crucial nominations for executive departments, agencies, boards, compact sector grants, setting the ceiling for the FSM General Fund, including an amendment to the President’s Declaration. CR

The Twenty-Fourth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia confirmed the nomination of Mr. Lucas M. Cupps as the nation’s first Independent Prosecutor, following Congressional Resolution No. 24-37 adopted during the Second Regular Session on September 19, 2025 This historic action fulfills the constitutional mandate to establish an Office of the Independent Prosecutor—a reform championed

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 – With profound sadness, the Office of the Speaker announces the passing of former President and seated Senator Joseph John Urusemal who devoted close to 40 years of his life in service to his Nation as a representative of his beloved home State of Yap, in the Government and the

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 19, 2025. The First Special Session of the 24th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, adjourned sine-die on August 15, 2025, after the passage of various congressional measures that included a supplemental budget, amendments to ongoing public projects and social programs across the Nation and an amendment to the FSM Constitution.

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 15, 2025 – Speaker Esmond B. Moses today adjourned sine-die the First Special Session of the 24th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, following an intensive weeklong session of public hearings that resulted in the adoption of numerous grants on the various socio-economic issues of the nation. Among the measures taken