if that was happening in connecticut or alaska or louisiana, there would be riots in the street. but for some reason it's acceptable in puerto rico. we are 100 days after the hurricane and we still haven't approved a disaster assistance package and the trump administration is nickel and diming the island on the money we have already authorized. i walked through the poorest most densely populated neighborhood in san juan, in the capital of the city -- of the commonwealth, they have no power. mold is growing in these homes because you can't dry out the moisture without electricity. kids are enduring more frequent and more intense bouts of asthma. people are dying because they can't refrigerate their medication or keep their ventilation equipment running. this is what's happening in the united states of america. and so we need to authorize significant robust funding for puerto rico and for texas and for florida. we need to do it now. we need to do it now because the day that i arrived, i think january 2, on the island, it was reported to us that it was the highest volume of people l

alaska and pennsylvania and louisiana have pointed out? why aren't we willing to bring it back? are we afraid that we can't explain it? are we afraid of, of our constituents, or are those that -- but aren't those the ones we are supposed to represent? what's the point of us being up here if we are no longer doing our constitutional duty by appropriating true dollars? what is the point if i'm just i'mg to have a budget, but not going to direct how to spend that budget. it provides no, no value to our constituents. it provides no value to this congress. theiterally have to ask executive branch, we surrendered all the power to, to please come look at our district. i've been talking to the obama administration, before the trump administration. [laughter] >> egging them to look at how much of an impact this michigan get -- this navigational channel -- this is one piece of progress -- how important this is to oklahoma. as chairman schuster, the first time he looked at a he said, this is in oklahoma? at what we can do, and yet it is truly in jeopardy of shutting down, and yet we are not willing to come back in and do our job as members of congress, not because we la