How to Use resident commissioner in a Sentence

resident commissioner

noun
  • The resident commissioner, for example, was not allowed to access the House floor, much less speak on it.
    — Austin Bussing, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • Puerto Rico is served by a resident commissioner, who is elected every four years.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Today, the resident commissioner is a second-class lawmaker.
    — Austin Bussing, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner, who sits in Congress, has advocated for funding equity but lacks full voting power to sway change.
    — Mariela Torres Cintrón, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • There is also a resident commissioner from the US territory of Puerto Rico.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Puerto Rico also sends a resident commissioner to Congress who can introduce legislation and vote in committees but not on the House floor.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The statistics don’t include those delegates and the resident commissioner for Puerto Rico, who cannot vote on the final passing of bills but are members of Congress.
    — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Puerto Rico is still represented by a resident commissioner, serving the only four-year term in Congress – as compared with the two-year terms for representatives and delegates.
    — Austin Bussing, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • On the day of and the day after death of a senator, representative, territorial delegate or the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico.
    — Aaron Steckelberg, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The resident commissioner gains the right to vote in committee via an amendment to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.
    — CNN, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Still, the Puerto Rican resident commissioner, the territory's non-voting member of the House, caucuses with Republicans.
    — Ryan Struyk, CNN, 14 Oct. 2017
  • There is no chance that Congress will accept the credentials of the shadow delegation and seat them as representatives of Puerto Rico, which currently has a nonvoting resident commissioner who can participate in congressional debates.
    — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The date of death and the following day of a United States senator, representative, territorial delegate, or the resident commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026

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