Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Ranking Member Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA), issued the following statement on the recent passage of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act (COFA). 

“We welcome the passage of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act in a recent appropriations package. The Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau are important U.S. partners, and we have a longstanding history of security, people-to-people, and cultural ties.

“COFA provides a renewed commitment from the United States to these partners for the next twenty years, and underscores U.S. dedication to keeping the Western Pacific free, prosperous, and secure.”

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