Pedro Pierluisi: “I will not support a deal that will bind the people of Puerto Rico with a bad deal for the next 30, 40, 50 years.”

I am pleased to report that Puerto Rico is emerging from a challenging period with strength and optimism into a new era of stability evidenced by the island's economic upswing.

I am disappointed that PREPA and the Energy Bureau are not here today.

We are devoting $1.3 billion of CDBG-DR funding for microgrids, distributed energy initiatives in remote communities.

FEMA has agreed to come in and assist us in increasing our power generation for a period of time which could range between 1 year and 1½ years.