US House committee rejects amendment for college affordability for territories
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Saipan Tribune is reporting that a Republican majority in a U.S. House of Representatives committee has rejected Delegate Gregorio Kilili C.

![In this screenshot from a YouTube video, Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) gestures as he talks about his proposed amendment to H.R. 6951, or the College Cost Reduction Act, during the markup on the legislation before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce last Wednesday. Sablan’s amendment was defeated. [screenshot from You Tube] Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_delegate_sablan.jpg?itok=kqUiQFZd)

![Samoa witness in hit-and-run case seeks refuge in secure prison cell amid threats [photo: supplied] Samuelu Su’a,](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eye_witness.jpg?itok=Hg9_vpT8)


![Department of Human and Social Services Director Muavaefaatasi John Suisala and Deputy Director Panesia Neuely testifying during the Senate Human and Social Services Committee hearing yesterday morning. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau] Director Muavaefaatasi John Suisala and Deputy Director Panesia Neuely](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5236_web.jpg?itok=16v0Bc_1)



