Nydia Velázquez actually said...

"This is going to be a very painful and long recovery. And people are not even discussing the emotional stress and toll that it is taking on the people of Puerto Rico."

"For the first time I was able to go and see my family in Yabucoa, where the hurricane made landfall. It looked like someone dropped a bomb."

"It is very easy to come here and make the argument that we must be the steward of taxpayers' money, but at what cost?"

"I do not support putting people's lives at risk when natural disaster strikes just for the sake of preventing fraud and abuse."