WASHINGTON, D.C. – Guam’s congressional Delegate-elect Alicia Garrido Limtiaco is in Washington this week for new member orientation. She told a group of reporters she’s looking to help expand benefits to Guamanians.
The incoming Democratic delegate-elect defeated incumbent Republican delegate James Moylan. Limtiaco was Guam’s first woman Attorney General and the island’s first CHamoru woman to represent Guam in congress.
During an event at the US Capitol that featured new Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) members-elect, Limtiaco said her priorities in office will be: to lower costs for people back home in Guam; to include Guam in Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, and to include Guam in the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to help people who have been exposed to nuclear weapons testing.
“My goal is to work with other territorial congressional delegate-elects to advance the priorities and interests and the rights of our territorial communities,” said Guam’s Delegate-elect Alicia Garrido Limtiaco. “So, there are many issues we want to pursue but certainly federal equity and fair treatment is a top priority for all of us, especially in the territories.”
Although members-elect have not been assigned to committees yet, Limtiaco said she hopes to be assigned to the committees on natural resources, armed services and ways and means.
