House Natural Resources Committee Issues Testimony From U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources
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Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, commissioner of the
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, as part of a remote hearing entitled Discussion on the Insular Area Climate Change Act on
March 4, 2021:
Thank you
Representative Grijalva for the opportunity to testify in support of the proposed Insular Areas Climate Change Act on behalf of the US Virgin Islands. Whether it is the 2015 federally-declared disaster for drought in the US Caribbean, the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria to
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in 2017, and Tropical Cyclone Gita in