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SUMMARY:Committee on Government Operations & Consumer Protection
DESCRIPTION:REVISED II\nThe Committee on Government Operations & Consumer Protection has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony and consider Bills.\nBLOCK I                                                                                                           9:30 AM – 10:30 AM \nBill No. 34-0146 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/Detail.aspx?docentry=29341 )      An Act acknowledging and commemorating the memory of Mary Thomas, Axeline Salomon, Mathilde McBean, Susanna Abramson, and other estate laborers before, during, and after the Labor Uprising of 1878 or “Fireburn” and their courageous pursuit of human rights, freedom from serfdom variant, and improvement of labor conditions in the former Danish West Indies, and condemning the excessive, cruel, and unjust punishment meted out to the laborers by the Danish Government.\nInvited Testifiers: \nMr. Edward Browne, M.D., Resident\nMyron Jackson, Former Senator, Legislature of the Virgin Islands\nMs. Stephanie Chalana Brown, Director, Division of Virgins Cultural Education\nMs. Chenzira Davis-Kahina, Ph. D., Director, V.I. Caribbean Cultural Center\nBLOCK II                                                                                                                  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM\nThe Committee will receive testimony on the Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research operations but not limited to the enabling law and jurisdiction.\nInvited Testifier: \nMs. Allison DeGazon, Ph. D., Director V.I. Bureau of Economic Research\nLUNCH                                                                                                           12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\nBLOCK III                                                                                                           1:00 PM – 3:00 PM \nBill No. 34-0150      An Act honoring and commending former Governor John Percy de Jongh, Jr. for his significant service and contributions to the people of the Virgin Islands, and for his tireless efforts to help expand and grow economy of the Virgin Islands and naming the walkway and improvements adjacent to the Veterans Drive Highway on the island of St. Thomas the “John de Jongh, Jr. Promenade”. \nInvited Testifiers: \nRoosevelt St. C. David, Former Senator, Legislature of the Virgin Islands\nMr. Carlton Dowe, Executive Director, V.I. Port Authority\nMr. Darryl Smalls, Former Commissioner Department of Public Works\nMr. Louis Penn, Former Chief of Staff, Government House\nMs. Barbara Petersen, Former Administrator, St. Thomas/Water Island\nMr. Angel Dawson, Former Commissioner, Department of Finance\nHonorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources\nMr. Percy Clouden, Former CEO, Economic Development Authority\nReverend Lenroy Cabey, Resident\nMs. Kanta Vasandmalani, President, Rotary Club of St. Thomas\n BLOCK IV                                                                                                           3:00 PM – 4:30 PM\nThe Committee will receive testimony on the West Indian Company Limited (WICO) operations but not limited to the enabling law and jurisdiction.\nInvited Testifier: \nMr. Anthony Ottley, President/CEO West Indian Company Limited\n \n
URL:https://legvi.org/events/committee-on-government-operations-consumer-protection/
ORGANIZER;CN=Senator Carla J. Joseph:MAILTO:senatorjoseph@legvi.org
CATEGORIES:Government Operations, Consumer Protection and Veterans Affairs
LOCATION:Charlotte Amalie
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