(L/R) Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Governor of Puerto Rico, Albert Bryan Jr., Governor of the US Virgin Islands, Henry Hofschneider, Chief of staff to the governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Lourdes "Lou" Aflague Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam, and Pula'ali'i Nikolao Iuli Tuiteleleapaga Pula, Governor of American Samoa, testify before a full committee hearing entitled "The State of the US Territories" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)