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I also want to thank and take the opportunity to welcome Governor Ricardo Rossello and Governor Kenneth Mapp for their presence here, who have worked tirelessly for the last month and a half in an effort to bring some sense of normalcy to…
Congressman Serrano and myself filed bill H.R. 4251 to amend the Stafford Act that will provide for all the resources to have a more resilient and efficient energy system after the disaster.
We should not expect Puerto Rico to have a first-class economy when we treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens.
the treatment for the territories need to be equal as any other state.
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.
But there is much more left to do, in both the short- and the long-term recovery and reconstruction of the islands.
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.
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 that the island is facing.
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 the key to solve part of that situation.
we think we should improve the way Puerto Rico businesses are making contracts directly for their government.
I want to thank SBA Administrator Linda McMahon for her commitment and her leadership regarding and facing these issues.
I think it is most important to acknowledge and recognize that under PROMESA, we are looking forward to have the tools to improve our economy.