House Oversight — Estate records
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FIRST TERM ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2015-2016 • Named to the Committees on Agriculture and Oversight and Government Reform • Named as the Freshman representative on the Democratic Leadership Steering and Policy Committee • Named by Southern Region as Regional Whip for Democrats • Named to Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Future Forum Group. Made up of a select group of 10 Members of Democratic Conference to engage millennials in political process • Selected to President Obama’s White House Renewable Energy roundtable group • Led the Virgin Islands’ delegation to the First Caribbean Energy Security Summit in DC Successful Legislative Activity • Successfully removed the Virgin Islands and small territories from PROMESA (Puerto Rico Oversight Management Economic Security Act), which threatened VI municipal credit and borrowing ability along with self-governance • Secured VA decision to expand Choice Program eligibility for Virgin Islands resident veterans • Original Co-Sponsor of legislation to expand the VA choice program eligibility (H.R.572) • Secured House passage of the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act (H.R.2615) • Successfully worked to repeal the DC Budget proposal listing USVI and other Caribbean islands as tax havens which would have negatively affected our ability to secure banking and Treasury support • Led the defeat of an amendment to the transportation authorization bill (Territorial Highway Program: H.R.2353) that would have reduced federal dollars for the Virgin Islands • Defeated attempt by American Samoa and Northern Mariana to reallocate percentage of funding going to the USVI for other small territories • Secured Commitment from Army Corp of Engineers for increased personnel and resources for Virgin Islands backlog of permits • One of a small group of Members of Congress to be involved in the planning of the unprecedented “sit-in” of House Democrats for action to address American gun violence • Secured Agriculture drought relief assistance […]