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Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Ranking Member. Secretary, congratulations on your confirmation.

I appreciate your efforts so far.

I want Mr. Grijalva to know that I understand what it was like in his position with this situation.

I have a great deal of empathy for the situation he is in and some of the frustrations.

There is a forest fire issue that needs to be done in a bicameral and bipartisan way.

There is a backlog issue that needs to be done in a bipartisan and bicameral way.

It showed that we can actually be productive in a bipartisan and bicameral manner.

I want equal time and equal treatment.

I think you are a different Secretary of the Interior; you know what you are talking about, and that is extremely positive.

I appreciate you actually being there. That was a significant commemoration of a significant date that changed America.

I thought we are committing national suicide with some of our spending and our debt, and some of the fiscal policies and decisions that we were making.

They are both expressing their opposition to the Governor's Executive Order 2018-33.

In an effort to come to an evaluation of if we are ready to move on, the essential element has to be some kind of audit to be a part of that.

I appreciate that in your opening statement you did say that when you were running for governor, the idea of an Oversight Board was not even contemplated.

All of us--the Oversight Board, Congress and the Administration--owe it to the Puerto Rican people to help them find solutions to the problems they are facing.

Congress can help to mitigate and prepare Puerto Rico for impending hurricanes and other natural disasters by providing timely and well-invested disaster reconstruction funds.

Representatives Velazquez and Bishop have filed a bill to strengthen the legislated disclosure requirements of third parties hired by the Board.

I don't care about the big picture. I am asking you about that reform.