I speak for the Virgin Islands regardless of who's in the White House. The President has to understand that a hiring freeze is going to bring development in the Virgin Islands and ...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for calling today's hearing concerning barriers to infrastructure development.
We want to look before we leap.
We can't keep up. We can't compete.
By their mere geography, the territories are critically vulnerable to natural forces unique to daily living in an island environment.
The program provides essential funding for families in my district to fill in the gap of private market.
the assistance from Rural Development is very important.
But we can, we are Members of Congress, we always have an opinion. I don't know why you don't have one.
Robust infrastructure development... is foundational for rural viability.
we desperately need more from them.
The Virgin Islands are particularly in need of broadband infrastructure.