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Although the funds are being allocated to the island, allocated to the Department of the Interior to do the repairs in that area, it has been a year and a half and we haven't seen anything being done yet.

We are not going to change our position, I can promise you that.

Too much has been focused on fiscal accounting instead of the proposals for economic growth that were part of the PROMESA Task Force report that I just mentioned, in 2016.

I am the only one representing the island, without the right to vote on the Floor.

First of all, I want to say that I have, actually, many questions.

I want to say thank you to Ms. Rivera for working with our office and with Members in the House and the Senate to get the child tax credit, which I think is something of the utmost importance for families on the island.

Thank you for your visit to Puerto Rico and for helping us to sponsor all the bills for the recovery process on the island.

One of the issues--and I think this should be clear in terms of the PROMESA law--it's supposed to be about long-term debt restructuring and returning to sound fiscal management...

What we're asking is that the same bar of accountability be applied to the Oversight Board so that we can see what they're spending the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's money on...

Help us prosper with economic initiatives that you are proposed in a bi-partisan, bicameral report, and that we get some results for the people of Puerto Rico, and true equality.

Is the very existence of PROMESA not an example of the effects of the inequality that Puerto Rico has been treated for more than 100 years?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects are instrumental for restoring critical infrastructure and maintaining financial stability.

I'm really glad to hear that. As you may be aware, there's a lot of astonishing accomplishment of that observatory for the last 50, 60 years, among them, many Pulitzer and even scientists that won the Nobel Prize for their research in that…

I'm really excited to serve along with my colleagues in this Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

I'm excited to work on promoting STEM education.

I think it's more critical than ever that NASA continue to lead in the fundamental research that will help the U.S. aerospace sector remain competitive.

We will never recover from that.

I am the only representative for the 3.2 million American citizens living there.