; (17) the Honorable Melvin H. Evans, the first elected Governor of the Virgin Islands of the United States and Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago; (18) the Honorable Terence A. Todman, a career Ambassador who served the United States across the globe for almost 50 years, who was decorated by the Governments of Denmark, Spain, Argentina, and Chad, and who received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, the National Public Service Award, the Director General’s Cup, and the Department of State’s Superior Service Honor Award and Distinguished Service Award; (19) the Honorable Ron de Lugo, the first Delegate to Congress from the Virgin Islands of the United States and who spent 40 years in public service, locally and nationally, fought to increase the rights and privileges for territorial delegates, worked for the full political status of the Virgin Islands of the United States, and served as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs; and (20) the Honorable Donna Christian-Christensen, a Delegate to Congress from the Virgin Islands of the United States and the first female physician to serve in Congress; Whereas Virgin Islanders such as Calvin Pickering, Elrod Hendricks, Emile Griffith, Horace Clarke, Joe Christopher, Julian Jackson, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Krigger, Midre Cummings, Raja Bell, Saba Johnson, Tim Duncan, Ullmont L. James, Sr., Victor Lebron, and others have made substantial contributions to government, sports, and the arts in the United States; Whereas Denmark and the United States are united by shared values and a strong commitment to freedom, democracy, human rights, racial justice, economic self-sufficiency, prosperity, and free market opportunities and should continue to provide for economic and cultural exchanges, trade and investment, and people-to-people contacts