U.S. ground commander for new southern border mission Operation Faithful Patriot: Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, who was sent to Puerto Rico last year to lead Hurricane Maria relief efforts
[email protected]: The people of Puerto Rico are wonderful but the inept politicians are trying to use the massive and ridiculously high amounts of hurricane/disaster funding to pay off other obligations. The U.S. will NOT bail out long outstanding and unpaid obligations with hurricane relief money.
Puerto Rico: There will be clear steps when the dictatorship in Venezuela falls
Trump: Puerto Rico will not be state number 51
Puerto Rico governor asks Trump to consider statehood
[email protected]: The wonderful people of Puerto Rico, with their unmatched spirit, know how bad things were before the H's. I will always be with them!
FEMA Spox:
[email protected] will be with Puerto Rico, USVI, every state, territory impacted by a disaster every day, supporting throughout their response and recovery
San Juan Mayor Cruz to Trump: Tweet away your hate to mask your administration’s mishandling of this humanitarian crisis.
1 year agoTrump threatens to pull FEMA out of Puerto Rico as 90% remain without power
[email protected]: "Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making." says Sharyl Attkisson. A total lack of..
1 year ago[email protected]: Puerto Ricans are Americans, and as Americans we take care of our own.
Trump administration asks Congress for $4.9 billion loan to help Puerto Rico with short-term liquidity issues - official
US Dept. of Defense on Puerto Rico: -15% of customers have electricity -57% have drinking water -64% have cell phone service available
DHS spokesperson: The Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico expired Sunday night and will not be extended.
1 year agoPuerto Rico governor sends letter to Congress asking for additional financial assistance following "unprecedented catastrophe"
1 year agoPuerto Rico Gov. asks Congress for more money in the near term citing an "unprecedented catastrophe."
[email protected]: Nobody could have done what I’ve done for PuertoRico with so little appreciation. So much work!
“We have got to repair that electrical grid, no holds barred,” Sen. Ron Johnson says after visiting Puerto Rico
FCC issues experimental license to Google to provide emergency cellular service in Puerto Rico through Project Loon balloons.
1 year ago[email protected] says progress being made in Puerto Rico, "but we have a long way to go." "Be sure we'll be with you every step of the way."
1 year ago"We will be here for the long haul," says @VP, in remarks at church in Puerto Rico. "We will get through this," he pledges.
VP Pence has now arrived in Puerto Rico. He'll lbe taking part in a prayer service and be updated on hurricane relief efforts.
@POTUS "We will be there all the time to help Puerto Rico recover, restore, rebuild."
"It was one, then it was another and that second one was brutal," says @POTUS of hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico.
[email protected]: "We just got back from Puerto Rico together We're doing a great job there and they are great, great people."
1 year agoAt HispanicHeritageMonth event, @POTUS says "quite a sight" in Puerto Rico, "we're doing a great job there."
DOD on AFG deployment delay: Puerto Rico is a difficult technical problem. "I don't think we should say that's a small thing. It's a large thing."
@POTUS visit to Puerto Rico was not controversial but “widely praised,” says @PressSec.
[email protected]: "The primary focus right now in Puerto Rico is relief and support in the rebuilding efforts."
“There’s a process for how to deal with Puerto Rico's debt,” says @PresSec when asked about @POTUS forgiveness comment.
