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March 9th, 2024
Plaskett secures over $10M for USVI community projects in federal bill

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 by the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week was a moment of triumph for Congressional Delegate Stacey Plaskett, who reported that twelve of her office’s Community Project Funding Requests were included in the measure.

July 27th, 2023
US House Committee unanimously backs Plaskett's DiasporaLink Act

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Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett's DiasporaLink Act, known officially as H.R. 3385, has advanced through the House Energy & Commerce Committee with unanimous bipartisan support, Ms. Plaskett's office announced Thursday.

June 18th, 2023
Stacey E. Plaskett solicited donations from Jeffrey E. Epstein- Email

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- "Epstein was a reprehensible person and I'm truly disgusted by his actions," Congressional Delegate Stacey E. Plaskett said earlier this month, speaking out after filings in the ongoing lawsuit between the Government of the Virgin Islands and JPMorgan brought her acceptance of Jeffrey E. Epstein’s donations to her political campaigns to the fore once again.

March 12th, 2023
Elon Musk says Stacey E. Plaskett peddled 'lame propaganda'

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Tech visionary and the world's richest man, Elon Musk, has taken aim at US Virgin Islands (USVI) Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett following comments Ms Plaskett made Thursday, March 9, 2023, calling into question the source of funding for Mr Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter.

July 13th, 2022
'Stop denying citizenship rights to people born in US territories'- Plaskett

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett recently led a letter to President Joseph R. Biden condemning the Insular Cases and calling on the administration to do the same and overturn the racist rulings that continue to negatively impact US territories today, a release from Ms Plaskett's office has made known.

September 30th, 2021
Plaskett pushing for Visa Waivers for neighbouring Caribbean countries

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- What at least two governors have worked on for years following Hurricanes Irma and Maria may soon become a reality, as Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett wields her influence in Washington to help put the US Virgin Islands on solid footing.

February 12th, 2021
Stacey E. Plaskett captivates America @ Impeachment Trial

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The nine House Democrats serving as impeachment managers in the case against former President Donald J. Trump delivered their most gripping evidence for convicting Mr Trump in the Senate chamber Wednesday, February 10, 2021.

January 25th, 2021
USVI receives 2nd direct stimulus payments from US Treasury

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has received its portion of the stimulus funds to be issued to US Virgin Islanders as part of the second coronavirus relief package signed into law by former President Donald J. Trump late December 2020, revealed Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett.

December 25th, 2019
Cockfighting banned in USVI & Puerto Rico

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- As of Friday, December 20, 2019, cockfighting was illegal in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) and Puerto Rico.

March 1st, 2017
USVI's Plaskett fighting efforts to undermine Fed Regulations

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett in a press release issued on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 said she was rallying against the use of taxpayer funding to establish a partisan, unelected commission with subpoena powers to usurp the authority of Congress and jeopardise public health.

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