[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PUERTO RICO'S POWER MISSION

  (Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico. Mr. Speaker, today I ask that 
Federal support for Puerto Rico power restoration must continue until 
full completion. We still have 20,000 homes without service on the 
island.
  Last weekend, Representative LaMalfa and I were visiting one of the 
towns in Yabucoa. People are still without power on the island, and 
this Friday, May 18, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA are 
going to be leaving the island.
  That is the reason that the current electrical restoration mission 
through FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers must continue, and the 
contracts under it, without that expiration date. That is the reason 
the alarming situation we are still living, just 16 days away from the 
next hurricane season, must be stopped.
  I request FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to extend the mission 
so crews can remain on the job full-time until all areas are restored. 
This is an urgent situation on the island, and I request that FEMA and 
the Army Corps of Engineers deal with it.

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