HUD has been sitting on $8 billion in grant agreements since May. How can we complain, and how can the Federal agencies complain that we are not efficiently using the funds, when the money is not even in the island?
Gonzalez-Colon criticizes federal agencies for delays in disbursing funds to Puerto Rico.
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Without undue delay, we can and should exercise oversight and move the agreements forward.
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.
I will be supporting the continued funding of this program as well as of others in the budget request.
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