Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colom detailed on Thursday her work agenda ahead of the start of the four-year term and the federal funds she hopes will arrive on the Island.
“We have a very embracing agenda in Congress in this term that begins with manufacturing credits, manufacturing incentives for Puerto Rico that positions us with this pandemic, obviously in the fight for equality to ensure this unequivocal mandate of the people of Puerto Rico in November in favor of becoming a state and now with a Democratic Senate.And the Democratic leadership had said they would support this for Puerto Rico.I hope to see it in action and we will work towards that “, González Colom said in an interview with Fòrum Noticioso.
“Also this year in September Medicaid funds expire in the approval we got from two years to 100 percent and two years to 86 percent, so now it’s back to 55 (percent), so, that’s a of the areas we will be fighting for, ”he added.
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In the contributory area, the commissioner described that “we have measures of economic development that include the detail credit, the credit for work, which are funds that go directly into people’s pockets, the fight for Supplementary Social Security , the permanent expansion for Puerto Rico to be considered an air cargo hub. “
“There are also other measures of economic development that memos presented in different categories in the financial area, in the banking area, in the insurance area. In terms of health we have several of these projects rooted. We will be in the part of energy following the disbursement of CDBG funds for the repair of the Electricity Authority that are already approved in Housing already.Yesterday the federal Department of Health allocated $ 183 million to Puerto Rico to test COVID and $ 28 million for vaccine purchases and vaccination activities in Puerto Rico. These new funds coming to the island are intended for that, ”he advanced.
“Also yesterday 1.3 billion was allocated by the federal government for the Department of Education in Puerto Rico to try to get back to normal in kindergarten through fourth grade schools, they are part of the funds we continue to process,” González Colom said.
“I don’t stop looking for more resources to accelerate the reconstruction of Puerto Rico and seek equality in these federal programs,” he concluded.