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During a March 25, 2010, House Armed Services Committee hearing [37] about the U.S. military installation in Guam, Johnson said to Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize", to which Willard replied, "We don't anticipate that."
Guam Delegate to the United States House of Representatives election, November 6, 1984 [6] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Ben Garrido Blaz: 15,839 50.3% Democratic: Antonio Borja Won Pat (Incumbent) 15,485 49.2% Write-in: 144 0.5% Total votes 31,468 : 100.00% : Republican gain from Democratic
The people of Guam were afforded the opportunity to set and administer policy and laws for the island of Guam. In the 1980s and early 1990s, there was a significant movement in favor of the territory becoming a commonwealth, which would give it a level of self-government similar to Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands .
San Nicolas was sworn in as Guam's Congressional Delegate to the 116th U.S. Congress on January 3, 2019. [43] In March 2021, after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that Guam was a foreign country, San Nicolas brought members of the Guam National Guard to Greene's office. [44]
13th Guam Legislature: Joseph F. Ada (b. 1943) January 6, 1975 – January 1, 1979 Republican: 14th Guam Legislature: 15th Guam Legislature: Thomas V.C. Tanaka (b. 1940) January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1983 Republican: 16th Guam Legislature: 17th Guam Legislature: Carl T.C. Gutierrez (b. 1941) January 3, 1983 – January 5, 1987 Democratic: 18th ...
The Guam Congress Building, also known as the Guam Legislature Building, is the seat of the Legislature of Guam and is located in Chalan Santo Papa in Hagåtña, Guam. It was built in 1949 by Pacific Island Buildings and of Brown & Root Pacific Bridge & Maxon. It has served as a capitol and as a courthouse building. [1]
The people of Guam were afforded the opportunity to set and administer policy and laws for the island of Guam. Included in this was the Judicial Branch of the Government of Guam. In 1950 as part of the Judiciary Act, a judiciary reorganization bill was prepared to strengthen the island court system.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Guam was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Guam's at-large congressional district.