commitments for the republic of the marshal islands and micronesia.his is an environment where nothing passed, but the only thing tt wtgh was this agreement that basically allowed us to continue our port r these three key states of the northern pacific. and of the key domestic legislation congress h in nature such as the chips and science act h a clear and indo-pacific riegs rationale as well. the key is to stay the course. the world has faced significant challenges outside of the indo-pacific. even in the immediate weeks and russia's brutal invasion of ukraine or attack on israel and the focus on the region this is import aant,atdiate aftermath, president biden did a number of things. he hosted the first u.s. leadership summit in washington d.c. traveled to korea and quad summit for the maritimedomain. and hted a historic state visit. lead e.r.s at apec met xiounter narcotics, and military dip and an effort to stabilize bilateral relations going forward. we're also institutionalizing an indo-pacific focus at the state department. in the last 18 month

and elsewhere, we have very strong allies, like micronesia, which puts, take me, is being much more desperate. i think that the west, the, the political leadership, the people making the policy are very diluted and somehow has not dawned on them that the world is in a completely new dynamic. and it is we who are isolating ourselves. and i think president putin is trying to outflank us and perhaps provoke some people to consider a more reasonable approach to dealing with international affairs. it was quite a and level unknown and come bottom speech today by a lot of them are putting answering questions in vietnam. about a host total of issues, but including the use of nuclear weapons. if the country comes on dred talk, essentially, about the holy defensive in nature, but we have them if you challenge our existence is that for as well, that's then the russian policy. and unfortunately, the united states is not as clear, and i think our government owes it to the world to be particularly clear since we are today the only nation that has actually used nuclear weapons and hiroshima and nagasaki. so

commitment to the republic of the marshall islands and federated states of micronesia pass with bipartisanupport earlier this year. i would just note this is an environment more literally nothing past the only thing that went through was this agreement basically allowed us to continue our port relationship with the three key states. much of the key domestic legislation congress has passed which is historic in nature such as a chips and science act had a clear indo-pacific rationale as well. so the key will be staying the course. over the a last three years the world has faced significant challenges outside the indo-pacific. even in the and many weeks and months after russia's brutal invasion of ukraine or the attack on israel when top-level time and attention was scarce the administration kept up its focus on the region. and this is important but at that time in the immediate aftermath of president biden did a number of things he hosted the first u.s. leaders summit in washington d.c. for travel to korea and japan, germany quad leaders summit to launch the indo-pacific maritime domain awar

the problem is if i meet with the ambassador from the g4 micronesia mafia not sure how quickly happen a lot of three and four letter agencies so is up on the way? not write a program has been very effective in by local law enforcement rights with started can enforce these areas. working closely with usaid technical assistance and i would be happy to work with you and your staff and pacific island as we have good governance i think one thing we need to do, i don't think americans want illegal fishing. we need to pick up with other partners and how we stopped helicopters of origin will take place in the part about government approach. >> i am satisfied right now monitoring technological developments. i do think there could be a moment and wishing move we have to be underway, a lot of this is monitoring the people knowing we have eyes on them because there are rare situations where this would pick kinetic so they have eyes and cousin throughout drone technology and satellite technology the bureaucracy is implementing a plan, i just want you to be receptive and how you integrate that into

agreements, which took years to negotiate with the island nations of the marshall islands , palau and micronesia. these compacts are critical to national security, especially in the. the challenge with the compacts, though, is that it involves three departments, your department, state, and the dod. you can imagine all the moving parts, the number of chairs and ranking members who had to agree to this. before senator rich leaves, i want to thank him for his part. thank you. he was ranking on foreign relations, very much a supporter of the compacts. an important part was the restoration of federal benefits to the citizens of these nations who live in our country . these are so important that the citizens of the island nations are able to come and live in the united states without the need for visas. as far as i know, they are the only group of people able to do that. i am really thankful the chair of this committee, the ranking member of this committee, and over a dozen chairs and ranking members in the senate and house worked hard to get this done. madam secretary, i thank you for your support. m