I amazed at the lack of proper attention by those in our Government in determining their response to this American trage...
Mr. Rush. Mr. Chairman, I want to restate or reiterate my request that PREPA be subpoenaed and that we have FEMA before ...
I strongly request that we use our subpoena authority to demand that PREPA come to this subcommittee.
I simply smell a rat here. I really smell a rat.
I am amazed at the breadth of the tragedies that are occurring, even as we speak, in Puerto Rico.
More than six weeks after Hurricane Maria initially made landfall, nearly 70 percent of Puerto Rico and 80 percent of th...
Hurricanes Irma and Maria exposed the vulnerability of the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands electric grids to extreme...
The economic consulting firm Rhodium Group concluded that Maria cost 1.25 billion hours of electricity supply disruption...
I am concerned about Puerto Rico because their electric grid was in pretty bad shape even before.
We ought to get to the bottom of this, and we have got to know what happened.
It is over a month now that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and Maria shattered their lives and devastated their livelihoods.
It is my hope that this hearing will shed light on what additional steps need to be taken quickly to restore power.
It is essential that we fund the Corps of Engineers, FEMA, and other related agencies in our next supplemental.
Do you trust PREPA? Do you trust them?
I have been told it took five weeks, PREPA took five weeks to ask anybody for help.
I think it is very troubling that we have you all there trying to restore the grid and you are not in consultation with ...
So, I think we probably should have FEMA here.
I have serious questions concerning the potential for catastrophic incidents that could inflict irreparable harm.
