"We need a comprehensive initiative... to deal with the Colorado River and to deal with the mega-drought."
"We support having community renewables and distributed generation microgrids in Puerto Rico's recovery: these are tools for resiliency and self-reliance."
"The people of Puerto Rico want their power to be on, today, the cost to stop rising, and accountability for what happens."
"However, we must first and foremost provide the people of Puerto Rico NOW an energy supply that is affordable to the consumer, reliable for both base loads and peak loads."
"I am hopeful that many of them can be answered today from our diverse group of witnesses."
"their plan lacked transparency and stringent contract monitoring and oversight requirements."
"my primary goal was to determine the best way to guarantee that PREPA can be rebuilt."
"Do you think there is enough investment within the budget that you are proposing to deal with this extreme weather?"
"I really appreciate the testimony and the timing of this hearing."
"We have a tremendous opportunity with the budget, infrastructure, and reconciliation processes that are happening now to make an investment in water and in our communities."
"We need significant investments in our crumbling dams, irrigation infrastructure, acequias, and the restoration of our precious ecosystems."