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Thank you, Mr. Cohen
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Posted on May 19 2009
Leave it to our former deputy assistant secretary of Insular Affairs, David Cohen, to coin the phrase “flexible federalization” in testimony to the Insular Affairs Subcommittee hearing on behalf of residents of the CNMI.
Though he was vilified as evil by the current administration, HANMI, and the Saipan Chamber of Commerce during his term here, his suggestions to ease the transition period, reduce uncertainty, address complicated human rights concerns, and offer the CNMI a niche that Silicon Valley would kill for to build a second leg for our crumbling economy, were nothing less than brilliant.
Mr. Cohen’s remarks on visa waivers should appease the business community, his green card proposal addresses our human rights issues and concerns of separating U.S. citizen children from their parents, and he rekindled the idea of unlimited H visas, which would reduce uncertainty, guarantee a stable workforce, and provide a niche for the CNMI to offer investors and corporations as a reason to eye the Marianas for future development.
Thank you, Mr. Cohen, your testimony was the voice of reason in a sea of discontent.
[B]Ron Hodges [/B] [I]via e-mail[/I]
