Jenniffer González-Colón: “We should not expect Puerto Rico to have a first-class economy when we treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens.”

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.

We are grateful to Chairman Westerman for stewardship of COFA renewal so far.

I have introduced legislation that will add these crops as priority research areas for the Department of Agriculture.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your call yesterday and your well wishes, and I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to issues in Puerto Rico transportation.