James Moylan

Del. James Moylan pressed Guam’s priorities directly with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during the Secretary’s stopover on Guam Thursday, focusing on expanding the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program to include the Philippines and strengthening Coast Guard capabilities in the region.

Guam Del. James Moylan is set to deliver his second ever congressional address on Friday.

The last time the delegate held an address was in back in 2024, which centered around new services for veterans and continued defense spending on Guam for facilities and the anti-missile Guam Defense System.

Since then, Moylan’s track record in Congress has centered around defense spending and activities on Guam through provisions introduced in the yearly National Defense Authorization Act and driven by his membership in the House Armed Services Committee.

His office told the Pacific Daily News that priorities in Washington D.C. have consistently centered on federal funding and infrastructure development, military buildup and economic development, and healthcare, veterans, and equitable treatment for Guam.

Across these priorities, bipartisan collaboration has been a focus.

"Through his work with the Congressional Territories and Commonwealths Caucus and relationships with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle," his office said. "These priorities have guided much of the Congressman's legislative work, and Friday's address will provide an opportunity to highlight the progress made, ongoing efforts, and what lies ahead."

In the past year, priorities have also included parity compensation for Pacific radiation survivors, inclusion of the Philippines in the Guam-Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Visa Waiver Program, and federal relief for the past typhoons.

Large federal issues impacting Guam and the region center around birth right citizenship, deep-sea mining, continued military development and geo-political tension in the Indo-Pacific, and sweeping Trump-administration policy changes.

This also includes the U.S.-Iran War, which has been spiking energy prices and resulted in higher prices at the pump, power bills, and jet fuel surcharges meaning less tourism traffic.

Moylan is running against former Guam attorney general and U.S. attorney Alicia Limtiaco in the Nov. 3 General Election.

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Large federal issues include the purge of 'coloreds' from military leadership positions and the continued ethnic cleansing of brown people. All the rest pale in comparison as there always has been collaboration across the aisle for those issues. (I know why the Delegate says that: to siphon local Democratic votes because people think "oh, how nice, he is willing to work together." No, it doesn't matter. The executive does what it wants, not what Congress does and the Courts order.)

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