I am hopeful that many of them can be answered today from our diverse group of witnesses.

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.

We support having community renewables and distributed generation microgrids in Puerto Rico's recovery: these are tools for resiliency and self-reliance.

Madam Chair, my amendment will direct $4,000,000 within the International Border and Water Commission to clarify the responsibility for the operations and maintenance of the International Outfall Interceptor (IOI). This is in addition to…

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.

We need to ensure--which will take our work, here in Congress--that we change the operations of our water management systems to take climate change into consideration.

I appreciate the investments.

I couldn't agree more.