Political Quotes

“I just want to mention-- because I think we have talked about the wildfires in California and Oregon. We have heard about the terrible--the one-two punch, actually, in Puerto Rico with Hurricanes Maria and Irma, and how these programs are stepped up. I want to certainly touch on the other parts of our country where American citizens have been impacted as well. {time} 1915 While we are talking about Hurricane Maria, I think it is very important to talk about our U.S. citizens who live on the United States Virgin Islands. This is an area as well where we have been able to mobilize under the authority of the work that we do, and in the Agriculture Committee through USDA. For the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services, we are able to receive a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as well, in the districts of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas. This is obviously an island that has been devastated by Hurricane Maria. It makes it very difficult to deploy resources, especially in the interior of islands, but I really appreciate how the administration proactively anticipated the disaster was going to occur and staged resources.…”