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Stacey Plaskett is a U.S. Representative for the U.S. Virgin Islands, having served since January 6, 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on legislation that addresses the unique needs and challenges of her constituents in the Virgin Islands. Plaskett has been involved in various legislative efforts, particularly in areas such as economic development, education, and healthcare. She is the first woman to represent the Virgin Islands in Congress and has played a significant role in advocating for the territory's interests at the federal level.
So I wanted to ask--and I think, Mr. Moser, you would be the appropriate person--the three consulates in dangerous areas near the border, Tijuana, Juarez, Monterrey, they've all recently been completed in 2008, 2011, and 2014 respectively.
I'm sitting here and I know that we're talking about consulate construction, but I just came home from the U.S. Virgin Islands, which is now, along with Puerto Rico, considered the fourth border.
I wish that places like Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands had an initiative with its own government like that.
And as for the completion timelines, when we travel to Mexico City, they were told that the Matamoros consulate was estimated to be completed in 2019 and Mexico City Embassy estimated to be finished in 2020.
I am upset that the House is heading to August recess today with so much unfinished work in front of us. We could be working to find a transportation bill that both we and the Senate can agree on, a bill that would begin to fix our broken…
What do we do in the instances where we have a district or an area that has a 31 percent child poverty rate?
Several weeks ago the President announced resumption of diplomatic relations with Cuba. While we celebrate the implications of a renewed relationship both for Cuban and American citizens, the citizens of my own home district do so with…
I have seen how the role of criminalization and overcriminalization takes place in communities.
We must strive to turn this moment into a movement. Today, I firmly believe that Congress must act in a bipartisan way to pass comprehensive legislation.
As one of the five Members of Congress representing America's offshore territories and as the Representative from the U.S. Virgin Islands, I am disappointed to see the underfunding made to the FY16 Interior, Environment, and Related…
Today I rise to congratulate not only the students, but the community of the Virgin Islands on so many graduates of our high schools these last weeks. While I have not been able to be there in body for some of the graduations, I am there…
I am pleased to join my colleagues in supporting H.R. 728, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post…
I am pleased to join my colleagues in supporting H.R. 1326, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Mulford Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office…
As a Virgin Islander living next door to Puerto Rico and as a former assistant district attorney in Bronx County, where Mr. Badillo lived, it gives me great pleasure to join my colleagues in supporting H.R. 1350, a bill to designate the…
This amendment is very straightforward. It simply urges the CFTC Office of the Chief Economist to encourage applicants for employment by members of minority groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans. This is a basic standard that I…
I offer an amendment as the designee of the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gallego). The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 13, after line 6, insert the following: (c) Sense of the…
Today, 1 day after the 1-year anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria, I rise to encourage my colleagues here in Congress to continue in their efforts to help bring back our girls. We have protested, demonstrated…
Every year during the month of March, we celebrate the contributions to events in history and modern society by women. We call it Women's History Month, but in my district, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the month of March is also…
I additionally, Mr. Speaker, would like to discuss another issue that is of grave importance to the people of the territories, and that is territorial voting rights. As we commend the 50th anniversary of the March on Selma this week, and…
I thank the gentlewoman for the opportunity to speak. I want to thank Ms. Kelly from the great State of Illinois, as well as Mr. Payne from the great State of New Jersey for yielding me this time. I want to extend my support for the…
SNAP is the lifeline that helps them put food on the table and ensures their children... are not hungry and ready to learn.
Poverty in the twenty-first century is a shameful reality for our nation, and in the Virgin Islands, child poverty is heartbreaking.
I really wanted to thank you for all of the work that your agency does and to talk to you about one of the primary things that you all do is uncovering waste and fraud and abuse.
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