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Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, this week, introduced three pieces of legislation aimed at improving the economy in the U.S. Virgin Islands. • H.R. 2116 proposes to establish a special visa waiver program for the Virgin Islands, and would allow the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to approve visa-less entry into the Virgin Islands for residents of CARICOM and other countries that are not curren... Read more »

Good Hope Country Day freshman Julian Bishop took first place in the Virgin Islands District 2015 Congressional Art Competition April 17 at the Whim Museum in Frederiksted, St. Croix. Bishop, along with 22 students from schools throughout the territory competed in this year’s art competition. Bishop’s winning-art, a portrait of St. Croix native Oceana James, will represent the territory in the nat... Read more »

Immediately following the release of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report highlighting the USVI’s poor management of its environmental programs, Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett announced that she is traveling to the territory to meet with Governor Mapp to discuss the report’s findings. “When my office was made aware that several of our government a... Read more »

Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has allocated $500 million in federal funding for transportation projects under a seventh round of its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. “I am pleased to announce the availability of this federal funding and encourage the relevant partie... Read more »

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, today, applauded the Department of Veterans Affairs’ decision to expand eligibility to a program that will make access to care easier for Veterans living more than 40 miles away from a VA medical facility. The Veteran Choice Program, which currently allows veterans who live more than 40 miles in a straight line from a VA facility or who face significant delays in sch... Read more »

An emphatic address directed to members of Congress by Virgin Islands Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett has started a new national conversation on poverty and voting rights in U.S. Territories. Rep. Plaskett’s comments led a segment on voting rights in U.S. Territories on HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on Sunday March, 8 2015, and has opened a new national dialogue on Voting Rights in the Un... Read more »

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett announced that during a meeting today with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers there was agreement to increase staffing and resources in order to review projects currently in development in the Virgin Islands that have permit applications pending with the Corps. During her discussions with Colonel Allen M. Dodd, Commander, Jacksonville District, Rep. Plaskett had expres... Read more »

With Congress voting to fund the Department of Homeland Security for one week, Virgin Islands Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett is urging House Republicans to consider a long-term clean funding bill to keep the department running through fiscal year 2015. Plaskett said a short term continuing resolution will likely impeded the administration of grant funding critical to the U.S. Virgin Islands. “A sho... Read more »

Virgin Islands Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, on Wednesday, issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2016 budget. “It is encouraging to see the Administration's commitment to the Nation's Island territories in this budget proposal. Federal investments in the infrastructure, education, energy, and health care of Virgin Islanders are critically important f... Read more »

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett led a delegation of Virgin Islands energy officials Monday at the first Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington DC. The summit, organized by the U.S. State Department and hosted by Vice President Joe Biden, is a two-day meeting of energy officials from both the U.S. and Canada, as well as several Caribbean heads of state. Congresswoman Plaskett said that she is... Read more »