This Week In Congress

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 12, 2023 – The Final Regular Session of the Twenty Second Congress convened in Palikir on January 11, 2023 with a Committee of Member from each of the states duly appointed to Wait on the President, in terms of gathering the Executive’s priorities for consideration by the Congress during its Sixth Regular Session. […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 09, 2023– Speaker Wesley W. Simina has called for the Sixth and final Regular Session of the Twenty Second Congress to convene for 20 days starting on January 11 thru January 30, 2023. The Speaker has notified the President and the leadership of the Nation that on January 11, 2023, the Congress

POHNPEI, PALIKIR. The Third Special Session of the 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia convened on December 13, 2022, for the duration of 5 days, as set by Speaker Wesley W. Simina to discuss nominations, appropriations & pending legislation among other matters. Following the formalities to open and convene a session, Speaker Simina appointed

Palikir, POHNPEI. December 08, 2022 (Pohnpei Delegation Office) – The 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia concluded its 6th Special Session on Wednesday, December 07, 2022 with the adoption of eighteen resolutions which included grants, nominations and an invitation for the President, His Excellency David W. Panuelo to deliver a State of the Nation Address at

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. November 28 ,2022 – The Committee to Wait met with President David W. Panuelo on November 28, 2022, where his agenda was distributed and detailed with the Committee and summarized in Special Committee Report (SCR) 22-11. On Day 2 of the Sixth Special Session of the 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, the summarized report of the President’s agenda was adopted

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. November 21, 2022– After almost three years of virtual meetings and sessions, Speaker Wesley W. Simina has finally called for the Members of the Congress to return to Palikir for its first “in-person session” after the coronavirus outbreak that took over the world in early 2020. The “in-person” Sixth Special Session of the

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – November 1st , 2022.  On Monday morning, Vice Speaker Esmond B. Moses welcomed to the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia,  Ms. Alissa Bibb, Charge de affaires of the U.S. Embassy to the F.S.M.. The purpose of the meeting is to officially meet with Vice Speaker Moses and to inform Congress of the arrival

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 28, 2022 (CFSM- Pohnpei Delegation Office) – The recently adjourned 5th Regular Session of the Twenty Second Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adopted a substantial number of resolutions that included a new Ambassador to the United Nations, and financial assistances among others. Congressional Resolution (CR) 22-165, was for the confirmation of the

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – September 27, 2022.  The 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned its Fifth Regular Session on September 23, 2022 with the passage of measures for a new national budget for FY2023 and a supplemental budget for FY2022, among many others. As convened on September 5, 2022, the Fifth Regular Session was to

TOFOL, KOSRAE. SEPTEMBER 16, 2022– Senator Rolinson B. Neth has been sworn in as the state of Kosrae’s At-Large, 4-year representative to the Twenty Second Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia. Senator Neth was nominated by Governor Carson Sigrah of the state of Kosrae to fill the state’s vacant seat in the FSM Congress,