Insular Cases Resolution”
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale has made clear to a US congressional committee American Samoa’s message that any change to its political status and rights under federal territorial law, should be decided by local elected leaders, the territory’s people and the elected...

![Screen shot of Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale testifying remotely from American Samoa yesterday morning during a US House Committee on Natural Resources, Insular Affairs hearing on H.R. 279 - “Insular Cases Resolution”, which deals with the political status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish-American War, and the periods shortly thereafter. [photo: fs] Screen shot of Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/talauega_testify.jpg?itok=QJ9QKsFK)