I want to thank you for your service. You have one of the most challenging jobs in our government, and you perform it with great skill, so t...
the FBI and all Federal law enforcement agencies need to do far more to deal with this problem.
I respectfully urge extension of two tax provisions that expired in 2011 and that are of great importance to Puerto Rico's economy.
I respectfully submit that there is ample justification to extend this provision for an additional period of years or better yet to make it ...
The territories are treated unequally under many Federal programs, and the cover over program helps to compensate for this fact.
I have worked hard to raise awareness in the Federal Government about drug-related violence in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In order to reduce drug-related violence in Puerto Rico and the USVI, and to make the territories a less attractive transshipment point for ...
Puerto Rico has nearly the same number of annual murders that Texas does, even though Texas is home to 25 million people.
Therefore, I respectfully ask the committee to work with me to ensure that total funding for the National Guard Counterdrug Support Program ...
Over 110 people have died in immigration custody since 2003. Too many others have been subject to rape, abuse, or medical neglect.
I must respectfully say that I find the premise of today's hearing to be misguided and, frankly, appalling.
That assertion does not even pass the laugh test. But nobody should find it amusing.
This is a domestic responsibility. You're not talking about a foreign country.
I would like to submit also that there is a very, very important role that government plays when you are talking about the safety.
It is my firm belief that these agencies require additional direction and resources from Congress to spur them into action.
If we do that, violence will come down. I guarantee it.
Somewhere in there, Puerto Rico lost priority in the Federal realm.
I am also asking the subcommittee to provide an additional $3 million above the President's request to enable the Coral Reef Conservation Pr...
