Stacey Plaskett

We are not in a position at this time to purchase equipment on our own, nor can we afford to lose our traffic coming from the Eastern Caribbean.

Which would then probably lead to this committee having to do what it has done in the past, which is then issue a lawsuit under FISA or FOIA request, which seems to me to be really counterproductive to the work of what Congress is supposed…

It is frustrating at the most basic level, but more personally, I find it very disrespectful that a member of this committee, in particular, a member who has gone through what we have gone through in the Virgin Islands, cannot get TSA to…

I have had conversations--my staff has had conversations with numerous people in both of those agencies...

I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 6720, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McCaul). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Abraham) that the House…

The Federal Government owns approximately 640 million acres of land in the United States.

Currently, the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service play an important role in overseeing grazing.

I thank the chairman, the ranking member, and the members of this committee for supporting this amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from…

I want to thank the Army Corps of Engineers for really extending themselves and committing to having biweekly meetings with me.

I really do want to see how we can work together and make this better, particularly as we are preparing people in the Virgin Islands for this new hurricane season.

But to date, you have refused to allow that for low-income renters in the Virgin Islands.

The STEP program is one which can be supportive of individuals.

So my question is, Mr. Byard, will FEMA support 100 percent Federal share extension...

One of the things we are concerned about that I would like to bring to your attention...

Most of our dialysis and inpatient individuals are still off island, because our hospitals have been compromised so much from the hurricane.

This is, of course, very important to me, representing the Virgin Islands, after we have gone through the 2017 hurricane season.

I have no further speakers at this time. I urge passage of S. 2692, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers. I urge passage of H.R. 4407, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers. I urge passage of H.R. 5238, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers at this time. I urge passage of H.R. 4890, and I yield back the balance of my time.

So you'd like to get people out there in the field ----

So your funding was decreased.

Because many tribal communities are economically reliant on development of energy resources on their lands, but face barriers to using those resources, I am glad we are devoting a hearing that will address continuing concerns, and air…

Sure, because we are still a democracy, are we not?

But listening to my colleagues, it would seem that if anyone has a personal opinion about someone, that it should automatically exclude them from working in the FBI or working any place else and that justice should not be blind anymore.