VOTE STACEY PLASKETT FOR CONGRESS 2016 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS FIRST TERM ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2015-2016 Named to the Committees on Agriculture and Oversight and Government Reform Named as the Freshman representative on the Democratic Lead- ership 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 pro- gram 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 Trea- sury 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