Manchin, Committee Receive Testimony on Compacts of Free Association

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"To date, the United States has provided at least $800 million in economic assistance to Palau, $2 billion to the Marshall Islands, and $4 billion to Micronesia--which has helped those countries invest in education, healthcare, infrastructure, and more. At the same time, the Compacts have underwritten America's sea lines of communication throughout the Indo-Pacific while promoting regional security by granting the United States exclusive powers to control military access to the Freely Associated States. Congressional consideration of this legislative proposal comes as China is increasingly challenging the United States for regional influence. It is therefore vital to maintain our bilateral political, military and economic relationship with the Freely Associated States under the Compacts."

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