How are you going to treat the territories as a foreign country and then impose those taxes to our companies after two of these major hurricanes.
Congressman Serrano and myself filed bill H.R. 4251 to amend the Stafford Act that will provide for all the resources to have a more resilie...
It is fair that taxpayers would want to know, that the process is being managed transparently and responsibly.
We should not expect Puerto Rico to have a first-class economy when we treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens.
I also want to thank and take the opportunity to welcome Governor Ricardo Rossello and Governor Kenneth Mapp for their presence here, who ha...
we need, as Congress, to make many changes in a lot of Federal laws to provide for those services to the island.
I think it is important for Congress and all Members from the House and the Senate to actually go there.
the greatest heroes working this project are the people of Puerto Rico.
I have a voice, but I don't have a vote. That is the reason this hearing is so important for Puerto Rico.
We still have 70 percent of our island without power, 20 percent without running water, and 20 percent without access to networks.
That is the reason we need to look beyond immediate response for bridges, power grid, and roof tarps under the Corps of Engineers.