34th Guam Legislature

The 34th Guam Legislature was the meeting of the Guam Legislature that convened in Hagatna on January 2, 2017 and ended on January 7, 2019. It succeeded the 33rd Guam Legislature and was succeeded by the 35th Guam Legislature.

Its composition was determined in the 2016 Guamanian legislative election, where the Democratic Party of Guam won a majority of seats in the Guam Legislature.^[1] The session took place during the third and fourth years of Republican Governor Eddie Calvo's second term in office.

Party summary

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Independent	Republican
End of previous legislature	9	0	6	15	0
Begin (January 2, 2017)	9	0	6	15	0
Latest voting share	60.0%	0.0%	40.0%
Beginning of the next legislature	10	0	5	15	0

Leadership

Photo of Vice Speaker Therese Terlaje

Legislative

• Speaker: Benjamin J.F. Cruz
• Vice Speaker: Therese M. Terlaje
• Legislative Secretary: Regine Biscoe Lee^[2]

Majority (Democratic)

• Majority Leader: Thomas C. Ada
• Assistant Majority Leader: Joe S. San Agustin
• Majority Whip: Telena Cruz Nelson^[2]

Minority (Republican)

• Minority Leader: James V. Espaldon
• Assistant Minority Leader: Thomas A. Morrison
• Minority Whip: Mary Camacho Torres
• Assistant Minority Whip: Louise Borja Muna^[2][3]

Membership

Senator	Party		Assumed office	Residence	Born[2]
Benjamin J.F. Cruz		Democratic	2008	Tumon	1951[4]
Therese M. Terlaje			2017	...	1964[5]
Regine Biscoe Lee			2017	Tumon	1981[6]
Thomas C. Ada			2009	Mangilao	1949[7]
Joe S. San Agustin			2017	Yigo	1957[8]
Telena Cruz Nelson			2017	Yigo	1980[9]
Michael F.Q. San Nicolas			2013	Dededo	1981[10]
Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.			2011	Dededo	1978[11]
Frank Blas Aguon, Jr.			2013	Yona	1966[12]
James V. Espaldon		Republican	2015	Tamuning	1956[13]
Thomas A. Morrison			2013	Umatac	1975[14]
Mary Camacho Torres			2015	Santa Rita	1960[15]
Louise Borja Muna			2017	...	1968[16]
Wil Castro			2017	Barrigada	1974[17]
Fernando Barcinas Esteves			2017	...	1985[18]

Committees

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair[19]
Committee on Rules	Regine Biscoe Lee	N/A
Committee on Legislative Operations	Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.	N/A
Committee on General Government Operations and Federal, Foreign, & Regional Affairs	Michael F.Q. San Nicolas	Mary Camacho Torres
Committee on Appropriations and Adjudication	Benjamin J.F. Cruz, succeeded by Thomas C. Ada	Thomas C. Ada, succeeded by Frank B. Aguon, Jr.
Committee on Culture and Justice	Therese M. Terlaje	Telena Cruz Nelson
Committee on Innovation and Economic, Work Force, and Youth Development	Regine Biscoe Lee	Benjamin J.F. Cruz
Committee on Education, Finance & Taxation	Joe S. San Agustin	Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.
Committee on Housing, Utilities, Public Safety, and Homeland Security	Telena Cruz Nelson	Therese M. Terlaje
Committee on Environment, Land, Agriculture, and Procurement Reform	Thomas C. Ada	James V. Espaldon
Committee on Guam-U.S. Military Buildup, Infrastructure, and Transportation	Frank Blas Aguon, Jr.	Thomas A. Morrison
Committee on Health, Tourism, Military Affairs, and Senior Citizens	Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr.	Joe S. San Agustin
Committee on Ethics and Standards	Fernando Barcinas Esteves	Regine Biscoe Lee