Jenniffer González-Colón: “H.R. 1522 will constitute Congress' response to my constituents on the island.”

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.

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.

Despite our compact agreement, the Freely Associated States are independent nations, that if we in the United States fail to remain engaged and do not renew our economic agreement with them, there will be nothing in the way to stop…

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