Jenniffer González-Colón

We need to focus on what the people I represent expect from their Federal and local governments.

Congress imposed PROMESA even though many like me were opposed.

The people of the territory have the right to determine its future political status otherwise.

The citizens I represent will only be able to have equal treatment and opportunity by becoming a state.

The Supreme Court of the United States validated an appointment process of the Oversight Board, reaffirming that we are a possession, a colony of the United States, without any political power.

The way Puerto Rico accesses and uses all its resources, both emergency as well as regular obligations, everything is controlled by PROMESA.

Puerto Rico today shares with many other parts of the Nation the challenge of facing COVID-19.

So how can we protect not just the employees of the airlines and the transportation industry but the passengers as well?

I need to say that what Representative Lowenthal was explaining about his experiences while traveling is not different from any of us that have been traveling in the last 3 months.

Thank you for always answering my calls, my texts regarding many of the issues regarding Puerto Rico and the two previous disasters.

Many of the mayors in Puerto Rico, the municipalities, are still asking when the major projects are going to be approved.

Thank you for providing me an opportunity to testify on some of Puerto Rico's priorities for Fiscal Year 2021.

Given the lack of funding, we are asking them to do an impossible job

I ask the subcommittee to provide robust funding to the National Science Foundation, as well as NASA programs to support its operation.

I respectfully urge the subcommittee to include language, just like you did last year, directing the U.S. Department of Justice to prioritize law enforcement personnel and resources in the U.S. Caribbean.

We are advocating for overall funding of all the programs to $105 million

Thank you, Chairman Serrano, for your leadership in the committee and the support of Puerto Rico.

NOAA has begun to develop a new agency initiative, a SASH prevention program.

Every employee deserves a workplace free of sexual assault and harassment.

I think this issue of sexual assault and sexual harassment is very serious. It cannot be tolerated in a Federal workforce.

If we were in the SNAP program, we will never be here.

These three disasters did not create the challenges with NAP. However, they exacerbated these challenge.

I will be requesting an increase in the block grant for Fiscal Year 2021 that is needed for the island.

I think this is the right time to bring them back.

We were not aware of the seismic activity on the Island.