The expectation that V.I. Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett will join the powerful U.S. House of Representativesâ Ways and Means Committee is being viewed as not only historic but an opportunity for the Virgin Islands to have a much-needed voice for economic development at the highest level.
As the first member of a territory to join the exclusive tax-writing committee, Plaskett said she intends to âvigilantly watchâ for scurrilous tax policy and proposals that in previous years led to industries and businesses leaving the territories for better opportunities.
Instead, Plaskett said she will champion tax incentives that will attract investment and ultimately build up local economies, something she claimed was more prevalent in the 1990s and the decades preceding than today.
V.I. Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett has penned a letter to the U.S. Interior Department seeking transparency on recent âgood faithâ negotiations between the department and the operator of the storm-damaged Caneel Bay Resort on St. John.
The letter, which was sent Friday to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and co-signed by chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources Raul Grijalva, requested the term sheet agreed to between the department and resort owner CBI Acquisitions, as well as a briefing on the negotiations.
âThe Committee on Natural Resources has the authority to request and review proprietary information related to its legislative jurisdiction over national parks and federal lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing thereon,â the letter stated.