The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources announced yesterday the formation of a bipartisan task force that will combat the rising influence of the People’s Republic of China in the U.S. territories and Freely Associated States in the Indo-Pacific region, with both Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) and Rep. Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) being named co-chairs of the task force.