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

we will never recover from that.

I really appreciate to have the time today to express our requests coming from Puerto Rico.

I want to express the same solidarity with our brothers and sisters from Nebraska.

We are pushing for the $600 million for the disaster bill that are included specifically for NAP for a year.

I know he is not running for reelection after yesterday's announcement in the family, having the Parkinson's disease. But he has been a great advocate for the people of Puerto Rico for many, many years.

I do believe that the Department of Energy does not want to take PREPA to manage it.

I do believe in privatization of the electric power authority of the island. We need to move forward.

Because one thing is actually finding the money, getting that money approved, but when are we going to see some kind of improvement in the plans, some kind of improvement in the power grid of the island?

Can we assure that the people will not need to pay for any rate increase in order to have any kind of electricity reorganization on the island?

we have to have the appropriate reforms to go along with it.

All sides in Puerto Rico have agreed that an obsolete and expensive energy system is the obstacle to economic progress on the island.

We need to provide also not just the resources, but the technology, and the assistance in order to provide transparency to the process that has been taken in PREPA.

I think we all agree that privatization is the only option to the future for the energy grid on the island.

One of the things that creates the most public unease in any electricity reorganization in Puerto Rico is the people will have to pay for a rate increase to guarantee any profitability.

Employment after separating from the military is beneficial for veterans from a psychological and financial perspective.

I do support Mr. Higgins' bill.

These challenges are often exacerbated by a time-consuming hiring process.