By Matthew Corley
Read more about CREW\’s research: Bill Shuster aided Virgin Islands — then asked for cash, Politico, May 11, 2015
When President Obama signed legislation authorizing fiscal year 2015 appropriations for the Coast Guard into law last December, the charter yacht industry in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) was ready to celebrate. Why were they so happy? The industry knew that tucked into the bill was a provision to lessen the regulation of small passenger boats, and USVI leaders believe the change will boost the U.S. territory’s long-flagging maritime economy.
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