Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CN), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) have asked U.S. Inspector General John Kelly to find answers to… Read More »Legislators Ask for FEMA Housing Investigation
In September, eight U.S. senators, led by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D), wrote to Secretary Purdue of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)… Read More »Gillibrand Leads Senators Asking for Nutritional Assistance for Puerto Rico
On October 19, 2017, United States Senators sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine C. Duke expressing concern about the accuracy of… Read More »Democratic Senators Write to Trump Administration Officials with Concerns about Puerto Rico
Members of Congress continued to speak out on behalf of their fellow U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico last week. On Thursday, October 5, 2017, the… Read More »Members of Congress Continue to Advocate for Puerto Rico Relief
Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) were joined by 44… Read More »Cantwell, Reid Turn to McConnell for Action on Puerto Rico
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) has added his voice to the growing chorus of Members of Congress speaking out about Puerto Rico’s unequal treatment under federal… Read More »Durbin: Puerto Rico Exclusion from Chapter 9 Either an Error or Intentional Discrimination
Recognition by National, State and Grassroots Leaders Presidents of the United States President-elect Barack Obama, letter to Rep. Luis Fortuño, January 2, 2009. I… Read More »Congress Has an Obligation to Resolve Puerto Rico’s Status as a Territory of the United States
