This Week In Congress

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 15, 2024- Chairwoman Merlynn Abello-Alfonso of the Congressional Special Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Issues, was recently in New York for the United Nations 57th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) and as a featured speaker on a Pacific Islands panel discussion. Chairwoman Abello-Alfonso represented the Congress of […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – May 01, 2024. Chairwoman of the Congressional Committee on Health and Social Affairs, Senator Perpetua S. Konman was recently in Norway as a panelist for the International Parliamentarian’s Conference on the Implementation of the International Conference on Population Development (IPCI/ICPD) Programme of Action. The three-day IPCI/ICPD conference was hosted in Oslo from

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 23, 2024 – The Special Election for the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia is set for the 29th of February 2024, to fill the vacancies brought on by the unfortunate passings of Senator Paliknoa K. Welly of Kosrae State and Senator Florencio S. Harper of Chuuk State. On February 29, eligible

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 12, 2024– With heartfelt condolences to the family, the Office of the Speaker announces the passing of Chuuk State Senator Florencio Singkoro Harper who had represented the Mortlocks region in the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia since 2011. The late Senator Harper passed in the early morning hours of January

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 6, 2024 – It is with great sadness that the Office of the Speaker announce the passing of Senator Paliknoa Kun Welly of the State of Kosrae who has been the two-year representative of his state since becoming a Member of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during the Fifteenth Congress

Dubai, December 14, 2023 – This year’s COP, dubbed the year of the “global stocktake,” tasked countries with assessing the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris Agreement was signed seven years ago, to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. On December 13, 2023, a consensus was reached among nations to “transition away from

Dubai, December 6, 2023 – The Congressional delegation to the COP – consisting of Senator Abello-Alfonso, Chair of the Special Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Issues, Floor Leader Quincy Lawrence, Senator Fabian S. Nimea, and Attorney Charlotte Ruzzica-de La Chaussée – concluded its first week at the COP conference by attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union

PALIKIR, POHNPEI.  September 28, 2023.The Twenty-Third Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia today adopted the Credential Report of the two Senators-elect and recommended that only Fabian S. Nimea be seated.  Accordingly, the Oath of Office will be administered to Nimea tomorrow, Friday – September 29, 2023. A Special National Election was held on July

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 20, 2023.To cushion the Nation against the economic impacts of the new Constitutional Amendments, the Twenty Third Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has passed measures to re-adjust the national tax structure. On September 20, the Congresspassed Congressional Act (CA) 23-20, which called to change the percentage of revenue sharing between

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 20, 2023– After nine years of allocating its share of amended Compact funding to the states, the Twenty Third Congress, today passed Congressional Act 23-19 to re-establish the National Government’s share through modification of the distribution formula for the 2023 Amended Compact funding. In anticipation of the new Constitutional Amendments and in preparation for