
Resident Commissioner Gonzalez asked PREPA to submit a list detailing all Federal funds appropriated and utilized by PREPA to date.
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Resident Commissioner Gonzalez asked PREPA to submit a list detailing all Federal funds appropriated and utilized by PREPA to date.

I must point out that, on June 1, the Supreme Court validated the appointment process for the Oversight Board...

I think that if you really want to help Puerto Rico, that is not the way to do it.

What is the plan of the government of Puerto Rico to close the budget due to the loss of revenue?

The way Puerto Rico accesses and uses all its resources, both emergency as well as regular obligations, everything is controlled by PROMESA.

The citizens I represent will only be able to have equal treatment and opportunity by becoming a state.

Puerto Rico today shares with many other parts of the Nation the challenge of facing COVID-19.

Congress imposed PROMESA even though many like me were opposed.

The Supreme Court of the United States validated an appointment process of the Oversight Board, reaffirming that we are a possession, a colony of the United States, without any political power.

we need to focus on what the people I represent expect from their Federal and local governments.

I think the Republican Minority never wrote PROMESA. Actually, PROMESA was brought by a Democratic governor, Garcia Padilla.

provide federal tax incentives to economically depressed areas, also known as distressed zones, for the manufacturing of vital medical supplies.

We are pushing for that as well, sending letters and dealing with that with the USDA since the beginning.

I do know that Congress approved some funds through the CARES Act directly to the Governor's Fund.

The Island can never really prosper without equality and democracy within the United States.

So, Chairman, you are questioning me as a member of the Committee on my decisions on how to vote?

What specifically should be included in the case of Puerto Rico?

How can we cut red tape and bureaucracy, not just at the Federal level but what should be done at the government of Puerto Rico level?