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105th Congress Hearing Archives

Full Committee Hearing on: H.R. 100, H.R. 2370, S.210

Wednesday, October 29, 1997 | 12:00 AM Washington, D.C.

Hearing on:
H.R. 100, "Guam Commonwealth Act," to establish the Commonwealth of Guam, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2370, "Guam Judicial Empowerment Act of 1997," to amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purposes of clarifying the local judicial structure and the office of Attorney General.
S.210, to amend the Organic Act of Guam, the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, and the Compact of Free Association Act, and for other purposes.

WITNESSES
  • The Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, U.S. Senate
  • The Honorable Patsy T. Mink, U.S. House of Representatives
  • The Honorable Xavier Becerra, U.S. House of Representatives
  • The Honorable Ben Blaz, Former Delegate, U.S. House of Representatives 

     

  • The Honorable John R. Garamendi, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Allen Staymen, Director, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior 

 

PANEL I
  • The Honorable Carl T. C. Gutierrez, Governor of Guam
  • The Honorable Paul M. Calvo, Former Governor of Guam
  • The Honorable Joseph F. Ada, Former Governor of Guam

 

PANEL II
  • The Honorable Anthony C. Blaz, Vice-Speaker, Guam Legislature
  • The Honorable Mark Forbes, Senate Majority Leader and Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Affairs, Guam Legislature
  • The Honorable Ben Pangelinan, Senate Minority Leader, Guam Legislature
  • The Honorable Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Guam Legislature
  • The Honorable Peter C. Siguenza, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Guam
  • The Honorable Alberto C. Lamorena, III, Presiding Judge, Superior Court of Guam

 

PANEL III
  • Susan J. Moses, President, College of Micronesia-FSM
  • Chris Perez Howard, Chairman, and Honorable Hope A. Cristobal, Organization of People for Indigenous Rights
  • The Most Reverend Anthony S. Apuron, Archbishop of the Archdioscese of Agana
  • Jose Guevara, Vice President, Filipino Community of Guam
  • Debtralynne K. Quinata, Nasion Chamoru

 

Additional Testimony Submitted for the Record

 

 

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