Jenniffer González-Colón: “We are grateful to Chairman Westerman for stewardship of COFA renewal so far.”

Under the terms of the Freely Associated agreements, compact citizens can migrate and work in the United States but they are not U.S. citizens or nationals.

Without undue delay, we can and should exercise oversight and move the agreements forward.

I will be supporting the continued funding of this program as well as of others in the budget request.

Puerto Rico received a D-minus score by the American Society of Civil Engineers scorecard published in 2019 because the bridges, ports, and roads are among the lowest grades per individual category.