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Senior Trump administration officials emphasized today the “unprecedented focus” President Donald Trump is giving to the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands by hosting the presidents of these island nations in the White House on Tuesday Guam time.
Guam – The Department of Interior has announced the release of $34 million in Compact Impact funding, and, as expected, Guam and Hawaii got the lion’s share of the funding with Guam getting $16.8 million and Hawaii getting $14.9 million.
As Del. Michael San Nicolas recently said in two congressional hearings, the U.S. Treasury reimburses Hawaii for the cost of EITC-related tax refund payments to regional migrants from the freely associated states, but it doesn't do so for Guam.
Supporters of legislation that could ease regulations on small investment advisers hope that getting an earlier start in the new Congress will help get the measure over the finish line.
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told a congressional committee that his department will look into whether earned income tax credit liabilities are factored into Guam's costs in hosting regional migrants.
Guam's quest to be included in the federal financial benefits program for people who are disabled, blind or at least 65 years old, now has the backing of the 38-member Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
In a hearing of the Financial Services Committee featuring U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Congressman Michael San Nicolas addressed Earned Income Tax Credit Liabilities.