Territorial leaders push for action at Interior Plenary session
WASHINGTON — The Department of Interior’s Interagency Group on Insular Areas, 2025 Plenary Session, led by newly confirmed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, provided a platform for territorial repres

![Territorial Members of Congress, Guam Delegate James Moyla, CNMI Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds and American Samoa Rep. Amata Radewagen, along with Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, CNMI Gov. Arnold Palacios and U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. gathered at the Department of Interior’s Interagency Group on Insular Areas, 2025 Plenary Session. [courtesy photo] 2025 Plenary Session group photo](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/interagency_group_meeting_.png?itok=cc8Untzh)
![Seabed mining is one of the most divisive regional issues, with Pacific Islands Forum member nations, such as the Cook Islands and Nauru, strongly in favor of it, while others, such as Fiji, Samaoa, the Marshall Islands and Palau, advocate against it. [photo: flickr / ISBA HQ] SEABED MINNING FLAG](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/isa_banner.jpeg?itok=HBMwS0OT)
![Swains Island Faipule Suʻa Alexander Jennings (center) during a regular session. He has been officially suspended from the House for 30 days. [Photo: John Falaniko Pātū] Swains Island Faipule Suʻa Alexander Jennings](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/2551.jpg?itok=gFhjmYu1)






