As a delegate, I will continue a relationship with the leaders of FSM, Palau and Marshall Islands and enhance the dialogue. This will include working with members of Congress to assure that this region is a priority.
I will continue relations with the leaders of FSM, Palau, and the Marshall Islands and work with members of Congress to keep the region a priority.
Occurrences
Evidence
The amendment offered by Mr. Moylan states that projects in high-income countries that serve United States strategic interests in energy, critical minerals, transport, or telecommunications may receive assistance, and it specifically frames the policy in terms of strategic interests in the Pacific region through the underlying foreign assistance bill markup.
The testimony states that the Department continues to enhance infrastructure in the Freely Associated States, particularly in Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, and discusses the Compacts of Free Association with Palau, FSM, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands as central to U.S. military access and posture.
Assessments
Moylan has taken same-term congressional action aligned with keeping the Pacific region a priority, including offering amendment language tied to U.S. strategic interests in the Pacific. The record also shows FSM, Palau, and the Marshall Islands remained salient in congressional defense and foreign policy discussions. However, the evidence does not establish the full promised outcome because it does not directly show continued relations with the leaders of FSM, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, nor a completed policy result attributable to Moylan. This supports partial credit with an effort badge for material legislative effort.