As Senate President of the 15th CNMI Legislature (2006–2008), Senator Mendiola co-founded the Outlying Areas Senate Presidents Caucus with his counterparts from Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico in December 2007.
The Outlying Areas Senate Presidents Caucus is an informal legislative organization created in 2007 by leaders of the Senates of the U.S. states of Alaska and Hawai'i and the United States territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas Islands.
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