I also want to thank and take the opportunity to welcome Governor Ricardo Rossello and Governor Kenneth Mapp for their presence here, who ha...
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 appropri...
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 hurric...
we need, as Congress, to make many changes in a lot of Federal laws to provide for those services to the island.
I think it is important for Congress and all Members from the House and the Senate to actually go there.
the greatest heroes working this project are the people of Puerto Rico.
I have a voice, but I don't have a vote. That is the reason this hearing is so important for Puerto Rico.
That is the reason we need to look beyond immediate response for bridges, power grid, and roof tarps under the Corps of Engineers.
We still have 70 percent of our island without power, 20 percent without running water, and 20 percent without access to networks.
We have a big problem here, and the treatment the territories are receiving in Medicaid. That is the bottom line of the problem.
I want to thank SBA Administrator Linda McMahon for her commitment and her leadership regarding and facing these issues.
We need to have a procurement center on the island. I think that will solve a lot of the issues regarding the federal contracting situations...
we think we should improve the way Puerto Rico businesses are making contracts directly for their government.
the situation of the economic crisis in Puerto Rico, it is very important to fix, and having small business empowered to do that I think is ...
I think it is most important to acknowledge and recognize that under PROMESA, we are looking forward to have the tools to improve our econom...
Thank you, Secretary, for being here, for your time.
I look forward to addressing those issues in the next panel.
I am inviting you to come to Puerto Rico and help us there.
