Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is asking Congress to consider providing about $1.4 billion in funding beyond the Trump administration’s request last week to help the U.S. territory recover from Hurricane Maria, The Hill reported today.
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Vice President Mike Pence pledged that the federal government will continue providing assistance to Puerto Rico until the hurricane-ravaged island has fully recovered, saying there is still “a long way to go,” Bloomberg News reported on Friday. “We will be here for the long haul. We will be here until all the people can say with one voice ‘Puerto Rico se levanta.
The House Committee in Natural Resources will start analysing actions to be taken regarding the recovery of Puerto Rico, which will include reviewing the implementation of PROMESA law, ElNuevodia.com reported yesterday. "It's all going to be on the table," said yesterday Rep.
The Trump administration yesterday walked back the president’s apparent vow to wipe out Puerto Rico’s debt, suggesting that the island would have to solve its own fiscal woes despite the catastrophic damage it has endured from two powerful hurricanes, the New York Times reported today.