"It has been more than 5 months now that since we saw an event that none of us expected to see in American soil in our lifetimes."
"We need to fight to get Puerto Rico out of the overseas definition in terms of tricare prime."
"I hope the allocation of funds that were included in the third supplemental are going to be enough for all the VA clinics and the National Cemetery."
"Thank you, Chairman Wenstrup and Chairman Roe for allowing me, as the only Member representing 3.4 million American citizens in Puerto Rico, to have a voice on behalf of our veterans."
"the VA and the Congress just approved 11.1 million dollars to mobile units and medical service including transportation for the areas impacted by the hurricanes"
"I want to thank all the personnel from the VA that helped us out during this hurricane season."
"Thank you, all of you for being here today and thank you Chairman for your time, and I yield back."
"thank you to our veteran population and to all of you that are in the audience today."
"Thank you for your leadership, allowing us, and the small businesses in Puerto Rico to recover."
"But there is much more left to do, in both the short- and the long-term recovery and reconstruction of the islands."
"We need to give the people of Puerto Rico, the people of the Virgin Islands, what they as U.S. citizens deserve so they can have an appropriate healthcare system."