Washington, July 1 -- Representative Jared Huffman issued the following press release:
A new Government Accountability Office report today released by House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) found that nine years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria destroyed Puerto Rico's electricity grid, the federal government has made limited progress delivering the billions of dollars Congress appropriated for recovery and modernization.
The report found that FEMA, HUD, and the Department of Energy have obligated approximately $14.3 billion for Puerto Rico's grid recovery since 2017, but roughly $10.7 billion of those funds have not reached the island."The people of Puerto Rico have waited nine years for their government ...