Jenniffer González-Colón: “As the island's sole representative in Congress, I have introduced multiple bills to achieve this and will continue to…”

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

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…