[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TIME TO HELP OUR FELLOW AMERICANS IN PUERTO RICO

  (Mr. SOTO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, it was over 2 years ago that Hurricane Maria 
hit the island of Puerto Rico, and our fellow Americans sustained one 
of the worst natural disasters, with the highest death toll in modern 
history. Now we have, again, earthquakes hitting the island since 
December 28 to this date.
  I got to go this week and saw firsthand schools crumbling. I saw 
folks sitting out in tents who need emergency housing and mental health 
services. Yet we still have less than half the money that we allocated 
for Hurricane Maria actually down on the island.
  It is time for the Trump administration to bring that money down.
  In addition, it is time to declare a major disaster declaration. We 
cannot let this tragedy happen again. America is watching. History is 
watching. It is time to help our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico.

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