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November 20, 2025
MEMORANDUM
To: All Senators, Stakeholders, Media
From: Senator Shawn Gumataotao
Subject: First Notice of Public Hearing – Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Si Yu’os Ma’åse’!
MEMORANDUM
To: All Senators, Stakeholders, Media
From: Senator Shawn Gumataotao
Chairman, Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard
Subject: First Notice of Public Hearing – Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Buenas yan Håfa adai! Please be advised that the Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard (Committee) will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, in the Public Hearing Room of the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña. The agenda includes the following discussion item:
2:00 p.m. Confirmation Hearing
The Executive Appointment of Ms. Karin L. Watson, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.), to serve as The Adjutant General of the Guam National Guard and Director of the Department of Military Affairs.
Watch Live
The Public Hearing will broadcast on local television, GTA Channel 21, Docomo Channel 117 and stream online via I Liheslaturan Guåhan’s live feed. A recording of the hearing will be available online via Guam Legislature Media on YouTube after the hearing.
How to Participate
If you are interested in participating in the Public Hearing to provide testimony, please contact the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411 or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov no later than Tuesday, December 2, 2025, for further guidance.
If written testimonies are to be presented at the Public Hearing, testimonies may be submitted before December 2, 2025, and they should be addressed to Senator Shawn Gumataotao, Chairman of the Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard. Testimonies may be submitted via Senator Gumataotao’s mailbox located at the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña or via email to his office.
Special Accommodations
Individuals requiring special accommodations, auxiliary aids or services are asked to submit their request to Ms. Diana Topasna at the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411, 120 Father Duenas Avenue Capitol Plaza Building, Suite 103, Hagåtña, Guam 96910, or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov.
The Public Hearing will broadcast on local television, GTA Channel 21, Docomo Channel 117 and stream online via I Liheslaturan Guåhan’s live feed. A recording of the hearing will be available online via Guam Legislature Media on YouTube after the hearing.
How to Participate
If you are interested in participating in the Public Hearing to provide testimony, please contact the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411 or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov no later than Tuesday, December 2, 2025, for further guidance.
If written testimonies are to be presented at the Public Hearing, testimonies may be submitted before December 2, 2025, and they should be addressed to Senator Shawn Gumataotao, Chairman of the Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard. Testimonies may be submitted via Senator Gumataotao’s mailbox located at the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña or via email to his office.
Special Accommodations
Individuals requiring special accommodations, auxiliary aids or services are asked to submit their request to Ms. Diana Topasna at the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411, 120 Father Duenas Avenue Capitol Plaza Building, Suite 103, Hagåtña, Guam 96910, or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov.
Si Yu’os Ma’åse’!
