I do support it. And as you just said in your written statement, I do believe that you are in support of it.

the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) suffers chronic staffing challenges that at times complicate the delivery of proper and timely care.

I hope that we can work together on H.R. 5864 to ensure that our nation's veterans are being provided the best possible care from VA employees.

I think having veterans serving veterans is the first thing. Saving taxpayers money is the second biggest implementation of this bill.

This bill seeks to further close the gap between transitioning members and the VA by helping them occupy positions currently in demand.

In the case of the territories, we never receive the same amount of funds in proportion with the rest of the states.

The recovery of Puerto Rico's electric infrastructure has been a challenge for a variety of reasons.

I am pleased that we are joined here today by Representative Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon from Puerto Rico.

I thank you for being with us today on this very important hearing.

So one of the main problems we got is PREPA don't got the money to buy the materials.

I know the situation, and I will--this will be to EPA.

I have 52 percent of my workforce is Puerto Ricans right now. I am going to try to get to 90 percent by the 1-year anniversary.

I actually filed a bill with Congressman Espaillat that addressed this issue.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And with that, I want to begin this saying thank you to you, Chairman DeSantis and Ranking Member Lynch, for agreeing to have this very important hearing on Puerto Rico and agreeing to have this meeting on the…

What do we need to make a plan for a 30-day re-powering of the island?

I want to first of all thank the people from the Army Corps of Engineers and the people from FEMA for all their hard work they have been doing on the island.

According to FEMA and to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this has been the biggest mission to restore utilities in those agencies' history.

I just urge you to reconsider the downsizing of the Army Corps on the island.