March 4, 2018 Hagåtña — In the next six months, the Government of Guam is short an incredible $67M and the Guam Memorial Hospital is short approximately $30M every fiscal year. Despite the announcement and implementation of federal tax cuts in January and multiple solutions introduced, the legislature has not passed a solution that will fund the...

Session resumes March 4, 2018 Hagåtña — As we go into session today to address the fiscal crisis and the closure of fire and police stations, the Administration sent its subject matter experts again today to the Legislature to answer specific questions. “Last night Acting Speaker Therese Terlaje and other senators directed questions on police and...

March 3, 2018 Hagatna - Despite the fiscal crisis at hand, Senators recessed again and failed to address the fiscal crisis before them. In the Committee of the Whole today, Acting Speaker Therese Terlaje directed questions on budgetary issues to the Department of Administration Director Edward Birn, who just started three weeks ago, but reminded...

March 3, 2018 Hagåtña — The Vice Speaker should have called Senators into session yesterday. In a memo to the Governor, Attorney General Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson stated: “The Governor has express authority to call multiple special sessions at any time. It is the opinion of our Office that the Legislature did not have the authority to refuse to...

March 3, 2018 Hagåtña — As senators recess for the three-day holiday weekend, the Governor and his fiscal team worked alongside the Lt. Governor’s Office and public safety agencies today to address the on-going fiscal crisis. As a result of the meeting, deeper cost-cutting measures were put in place, to include shutting down the GPD Hagåtña...

  Q. Why does the Governor continue to call the Legislature into special session? A. Senators have failed to pass a bill or modify one of the Governor’s bills to address the fiscal crisis before us. Only the legislature can solve this problem. Q. Why doesn’t the Governor just furlough or layoff GovGuam employees to cut costs? A. In the...

  March 2, 2018 Hagåtña — Today after recessing for a three-day holiday weekend, Acting Speaker Therese Terlaje ignored the Governor’s call to action to address the fiscal crisis, and did not call the Legislature into special session as prescribed by the Organic Act. In the meantime, the executive branch has begun the furlough process, two...

March 1, 2018 Hagåtña – The Governor’s team is revising the timeline to complete the furlough process following the guidance of the Attorney General. During a meeting requested by the Governor today, Attorney General Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson acknowledged the serious fiscal crisis that the government is facing and noted that Guam law does permit...

March 2, 2018 Hagåtña — Governor Calvo is calling Senators back into session today after they recessed for the the three-day weekend. “There is a crisis before us, and every time the legislature does not take action or find consensus to address the crisis, the government is going into a deeper hole and the consequences on our community gets worse...