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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 look forward to an effective communication with the USACE team to make sure that Puerto Rico's needs are addressed.

Restoring electrical power to Puerto Rico has been our collective priority since the day Hurricane Maria exited the Island.

I do ask unanimous consent, Mr. Chairman, to allow a letter that I just sent to Commanding General Semonite and District Commander Jason Kirk to the Army Corps of Engineers asking them to extend the mission of the U.S. Army Corps and the…

We are talking about 5 or 6 months waiting for power, not to account the hundreds of people with diseases or medical conditions that require for them to get a generator or have power in their houses.

It has been more than 5 months now that since we saw an event that none of us expected to see in American soil in our lifetimes.

FEMA has to, and as we have heard here, is willing and needs to the support of Congress to streamline the processes so that results and support can get to the people.

Thank you, Chairman Wenstrup and Chairman Roe for allowing me, as the only Member representing 3.4 million American citizens in Puerto Rico, to have a voice on behalf of our veterans.

I hope the allocation of funds that were included in the third supplemental are going to be enough for all the VA clinics and the National Cemetery.

I want to thank all the personnel from the VA that helped us out during this hurricane season.

We need to fight to get Puerto Rico out of the overseas definition in terms of tricare prime.

The VA and the Congress just approved 11.1 million dollars to mobile units and medical service including transportation for the areas impacted by the hurricanes

Thank you, all of you for being here today and thank you Chairman for your time, and I yield back.

Thank you to our veteran population and to all of you that are in the audience today.

Thank you for your leadership, allowing us, and the small businesses in Puerto Rico to recover.

How are you going to treat the territories as a foreign country and then impose those taxes to our companies after two of these major hurricanes.

We need to give the people of Puerto Rico, the people of the Virgin Islands, what they as U.S. citizens deserve so they can have an appropriate healthcare system.