Stacey Plaskett

There's work to be done.

I wanted to just have you all talk for a few moments about how the VA and the Department of Defense share responsibility and work together for those servicemembers that are separating.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, all of the witnesses, for being here.

Because in reading some of the literature on this and the studies, it says that, leaving that structured community of the military and heading back to life, express feelings of lonely--homelessness and abandonment.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

We want to be a part of those plans. We want to be a part of those discussions.

If I have problems in the Virgin Islands, and having to report to Puerto Rico about those problems, that becomes problematic.

I just want to thank my colleague and my good friend--indeed, my sister--from the neighboring island of Puerto Rico for her support of this legislation and, as a member of the larger island, speaking on behalf of the smaller islands and…

I think you are just showing that, even from this alone, you don't think of individuals born in the territories as being part of the United States.

He estimated that the addition of a citizenship question would lower response rates by approximately 5.1 percent and would, quote, also reduce the quality of the resulting data.

I am not sure if Thomas Jefferson should be the litmus test for what we should be doing for counting census.

Senator Booker cited some information from the American Bar Association, which stated that there were 45,000 collateral consequences to having a criminal conviction.

Banning the box is crucial, because research shows that removing barriers from employment is essential to providing a real second chance for individuals.

We should be working here at the Federal level to look at states--with the states--to see what support do they need from us.

You have my support, both of you, in terms of creating what is needed in the budget fight

This is a really important subcommittee, for me, being the representative from the Virgin Islands.

The recovery of our islands will hinge on the level of support from Congress to rebuild and maintain infrastructure.

Budgets are moral documents. They are statements about what we want our future to look like, and where we are going to spend our resources.

Congress does not always acknowledge the contribution of the territories to our nation.

The Agriculture Census is very important to inform Congress on the state of America's rural communities.

I think that at the very least there should be a referral to the Ethics Committee of witness intimidation or tampering under U.S.C. 1512 of my colleague Matt Gaetz, and it may be possibly him being referred for a criminal prosecution.

Thank God the Democratic majority can walk and chew gum at the same time.

We believe that there needs to be a permanent statutory fix that addresses the unfair and disparate treatment all Territories face in their Medicaid programs along the lines of H.R. 1354, 'The Territories Health Equity Act,' introduced on…

We cannot afford another Trump shutdown as the Virgin Islands continues rebuilding its economy and a better, more resilient infrastructure.

The 35-day Trump shutdown had a significant, real-world impact on the Virgin Island Port Authority's readiness, ability to receive passengers efficiently and safely, and capacity to meet FAA's consent decree requirements.