[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



          Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Recovery Effort

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I understand the administration intends 
to submit its first request for disaster aid for Puerto Rico and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands today. It is a good first step, but it is just the 
start of the financial aid we will need to provide to the American 
citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  I urge my colleagues to work quickly to add additional and urgent 
funding for recovery, like community development block grant dollars, 
just as we did for Texas after Hurricane Harvey, with the understanding 
that an additional and more comprehensive request for Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands, Florida, Texas, and the western wildfires will be 
coming from the administration once the damage assessments are 
complete.