Jenniffer González-Colón: “We are advocating for overall funding of all the programs to $105 million”

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.

Puerto Rico is not included in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

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.

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…