We would like to remove the cap altogether, and we would like territories to be treated as states.

the territories do not receive any DSH money. And that will help our hospital.

This underfunding contributes to larger systemic problems, including lower provider reimbursement rates and provider shortages.

We are losing providers, we are losing doctors. Our professionals in the healthcare system are receiving less than half of whatever other professionals are receiving in the mainland.

I'm really grateful for all the help NOAA and the rest of the agencies gave to the island.

That never happened before, so I thought that was better coordination before the hurricane could hit us, and better information.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for holding this hearing and for all of us that are here today, I think this is a remarkable event and achievement.

I couldn't finish to say thank you to the agencies that helped us out in the moment of need.

when you've got no radars, no commercial planes flying to the island, no water, no electricity, and no telecom, it was a complete theater of war, what we experienced at that time.

I do understand that the Administration held a significant offshore wind lease in December of last year for Massachusetts totaling $405 million in revenue.

This figure represents an increase of over $12.2 million from FY 2017.

Although the funds are being allocated to the island, allocated to the Department of the Interior to do the repairs in that area, it has been a year and a half and we haven't seen anything being done yet.

We are not going to change our position, I can promise you that.

As Puerto Rico's sole representative in Congress, I am committed to ensuring the Department and the National Park Service have the necessary resources to protect and conserve this cultural treasure.

Is your Department supporting this kind of bill?

I am the only one representing the island, without the right to vote on the Floor.

What we're asking is that the same bar of accountability be applied to the Oversight Board so that we can see what they're spending the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's money on...

First of all, I want to say that I have, actually, many questions.

Thank you for your visit to Puerto Rico and for helping us to sponsor all the bills for the recovery process on the island.

I want to say thank you to Ms. Rivera for working with our office and with Members in the House and the Senate to get the child tax credit, which I think is something of the utmost importance for families on the island.

Is the very existence of PROMESA not an example of the effects of the inequality that Puerto Rico has been treated for more than 100 years?

Help us prosper with economic initiatives that you are proposed in a bi-partisan, bicameral report, and that we get some results for the people of Puerto Rico, and true equality.

Too much has been focused on fiscal accounting instead of the proposals for economic growth that were part of the PROMESA Task Force report that I just mentioned, in 2016.

One of the issues--and I think this should be clear in terms of the PROMESA law--it's supposed to be about long-term debt restructuring and returning to sound fiscal management...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects are instrumental for restoring critical infrastructure and maintaining financial stability.