[inaudible conversations] thank you. The committee will come to order. The committee is meeting to receive testimony of the status of puerto ricos construction and recovery after recent Natural Disasters. Beginning with of the hurricane in 2017, a series of earthquakes that occurred and that just this past september for any Opening Statements and the ranking minority member over their designees this will allow us to better hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. Therefore i ask unanimous consent all of their members Opening Statements be made a part of the hearing record and submitted by 5 p. M. Today or whichever comes first. Hearing no objection, so ordered. The chair may also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair and without objection, the member from new york is authorized to question the witnesses in todays hearings. After permanent members have had that opportunity. As described in the statements, documents or motions submitted and h n
Ed. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and Ranking Member for holding this important hearing. I would like to yield all my time to congresswoman gonzalez. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield back. The chair recognizes representative gonzalezcolon. Thank you, i want to thank representative rad way began fog her time. He is entitled to his opinion but he does not li in puerto rico, he does not represent the island. No one voted for him. The only ones voted for is the governor and me. Hes a democrat and im a republican, and voters many times rejected him. What were supporting here is what the people of the island voted for, statehood. Thats democracy. Again, anybody can have their own opinion. But coming here the problem is established. We are not treated as equal under the law. The u. S. Congress can do whatever they want with territories. They can do whatever they want with the issue of puerto rico. And yet, we are skill facing a lot of the needs like the state os louisiana, new jersey, florida, tex
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