[upbeat latin-tinged music] - puerto rico. [speaking spanish] it's just a short flight from the mainland. but you can leave your passport at home. oh, that's right. despite those who say, "go back to your own country," puerto rico is part of the u.s. it's not a state. but its inhabitants are 100% american. and this right here is el viejo, san juan, the oldest part of a heavily fortified colonial city established in 1521 by none other than ponce de leon. and the spaniards named it puerto rico, aka rich port, so you can get an idea of what their intentions were for this island. sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. that is, until the u.s. was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u.s. commonwealth. that means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. and its people don't have a vote in the u.s. congress or in presidential elections. despite all of that, puerto ricans are unstoppable. and their cultural impact on the u.

so brain with the people of where to read we left with with and we also love puerto rico. the new response to maria was really like a poster child of, of the relationship between, you know, puerto rico and, and the united states. the situation in mario is not just created by maria, but what is maria plays bear the reality. it strips it down to the bare bones and you can really see that colonialism still exists in a few places. and for today go as one of them the, the, the directions were getting to those. so yes, it is possible to resist break the colonized mentality that these guys can be part of that there's nothing we can do to change the situation sensor and protect the in the 19 seventy's when once that guy was in his early twenties, he chose to fight for the independence of his homeland. although many, puerto ricans were angered by a lack of political economy. only a small percentage advocated full independence from the united states. even fewer chose ones, past of parent, military operations, and robbing banks. the last one i did was 33 years ago the most of the tim

the feeling better to have that else was born in puerto rico in the 1930s. as a child, he saw his grandparents lose their land to the north american sugar monopolies. he witnessed the slaughter of the mastercard. he saw the death of colonialism globally, but experienced it lingering on tenaciously at home. in his twenties, already and accomplished jazz musician, he gave up his career as a trumpet player and began to fight for independence. it was clear to feeling better to hear that that the us was not going to change of its own accord the single savvy cause of where to go if that's the end to all. but i mean, you know, at the end of the main thing is convincing. me in the game, someone will be in the of bice cord only. so they got food wine by the way. they cut off my bad bit, get them the 3 and the kids are pretty good. handle. see the best 3 of them and then a voice that about, about the, the in the fall of 1969, dozens of bombs began exploding and puerto rico and us based hotels, casinos in department stores like sheraton, howard johnson's. and we'll wor

of, of the relationship between, you know, puerto rico and, and the united states. the situation in mario is not just created by maria, but what is maria's place bare the reality of strips it down to the bare bones. and you can really see that colonialism still exist in a few places. and for the go, as one of them, the directions were going into those a yes, it is possible to resist break the colonized mentality that these guys can be part of that there's nothing we can do to change the situation. the sensor input, the in the 1970s, when once that guy was in his early twenties, he chose to fight for the independence of his homeland. although many, puerto ricans were angry to buy a lack of political economy. only a small percentage advocated full independence from the united states, even fewer and shows one's past of parent military operations and robbing banks. the last one i did was 33 years ago in the most of the times, my role was us as the protection against the police commons. so i was ready to engage in gunfire if it had to be to protect my comrades from, from

the puerto rico is a us territory, powerless to challenge options of the united states government that effective sp residents have no vote in congress or in presidential elections. the we had a subscription to time magazine and there was an issue in which the cover story was on prep schools in the us and i read it and, and over was covered prominently there. and it said they had 7 indoor basketball court that we had made it for very as, while the i had like a shark skin suit, which i thought was so cool. the 1st time i walk into the, the dining hall, maybe half an hour after my parents left and i felt homesickness. and as soon as i walk into the show home and take maybe 10 steps, some guy goes you know, that's the 1st time i'd heard that word, let alone addressed in me. but i went up and slapped him in the face. you know, as hard as i could just and he was so shocked that he didn't do anything. and i went into the, to the co room, to have my coat and then go into the, the dining room. and you know, i said, holy, what if i've gotten myself for the senior year and over my, my professor f

yeah at that that 13 year old boy twice from ecuador to new york, new york to puerto rico and puerto rico, back to new york. like the change you had was daunting. yeah, i think the first one. well, been navigating a little bit of this as a child with my therapist, uh, i had hidden for a long. it wasn't clear to me actually. this is a story that i learned while writing this is that because i don't remember it i guess i blocked it out of my my head or just my entire experience when i moved from ecuador when i was four, i have been described as the saddest little boy and i do not remember any of that time period and what that truth, that side of, but that was due to the from from my and there's a reason i watched the lion king over over and over again is a connection i've made because i identify with simba. so that was very difficult and i think that move to puerto rico wasn't as bad because was just gone on vacation and we just second grade like it's i don't think that was to too difficult but then leaving puerto rico was one of the most difficult experiences i've been through. and i ta

and i was just so intrigued about how it made me feel. - right. - puerto rico gave me the freedom to , like, there's music in the streets. - yeah, yeah, puerto ricans definitely carry that-- puerto rico changed my life forever. i spent half of my life in pr, and then my teenage years in venezuela. then i left very young. i was 19 years old when i made the decision to come back to the united states. because in venezuela, socially, it got really hard to live there. - right. - it taught me so much. but definitely i had to leave at a certain point because, you know-- - you're talking about the chávez, maduro-- - sí, sí, sí. - takeover, yeah. - it was a very hard moment. and i didn't really picture myself ever living in the united states, you know? i love venezuela. but i had to leave at a certain point. when you're latino and you've never been to united states, it's like, miami. - yeah, miami. that's the dream. - [singing] i would sing free at night. i was singing at a bar like this, and a big producer saw me singing. and he was like, "i really like your voice." i was like, "all right. i

the in puerto rico today are united states. navy bus was ambushed by political terrorist firing, rifle, shot, guns, and pistols. 18 on our navy technicians were going to work and the school bus on the terrace ambush, them just outside san juan to were killed and 10 were wounded, including 3 women. 3 groups leave a joint communicate in a nearby phone booth claiming responsibility. one of them is low so much of those they state that the attack was in retaliation for a protest drive vegas who was killed while in police custody. and that the actions will continue until vegas is returned to the point where he can people the for the moment held. the navy accountable is still a prisoner claim. its suicide when cleared forensic evidence showing that he had caches and bruises all over his by the price the if they think they're going to drive us out of the i guess with acts like this. they better think again people have already but don't support this type of activity in the country. they reject it very, very, very, very vociferously and very strongly repudiate this type of action. and we think t

today in puerto rico terrace blew up a number of air national guard jet fighters at an american vase near san juan. at least a jet fighters were destroyed. the coursera just flew up one after the other. damage was estimated at $45000000.00. no one was hurt, left his group, which at once the united states, our puerto rico, is playing responsibility for this fast air force spokesman, say this is one of the most serious attacks, never against an american military base. here or in the united states, the so i didn't get back home until a couple hours later. and lucy thought that that i had been killed once the plane started to blow up the they were loaded with the machine guns. so the machine the morning after the attack, the f b, i find so much it is stuck in the ground within yards of one of the air base security guards. a message that most much of those were close enough to take the guard's life. but unlike the boss attacked this time, they ensured that no one was hurt and internal lost. much of those documents celebrates the attacks we were able to revive the spirit of our people. sin

. >> the chair now recognizes jennifer gonzalez-colon from puerto rico. >> thank you for bringing ustogether and thanks to the administrator. the sixth anniversary of hurricane maria in puerto rico and we are still performing recovery ward for municipalities for individuals and many others. there recovery of the electric power grid of the island is still in the planning stages which is one of the issues i'm most concerned about and there's been a historic -- very real fear that between relays and cost increase there will be a missed opportunity in what was promised that will not get done, to that end, i know the fema recovery page indicates between all the various disasters in the past few years, public assistance has allocated $45 billion for puerto rico, almost all out of the disaster relief funds of which $90 million has been outplayed. transfer from fema accounts that are responsible and on the other hand fema announced $31 billion for public assistance projects and the obligation near $1.9 billion but because of municipalities on the island, not-for-profits don't have cash on ha

similarly puerto rico has received close to $100 million for airports and waterways.and this is much welcome investment and much needed in my district. actually i was one of the people who voted in the committee. can you please work to my office to understand the amount of funds that your department as allocated through the infrastructure law per program, per year and the amount that has been expended and making sure the funds are out of the door as soon as possible. so if you can provide a committee in the next two weeks, three weeks of finalize list, not the ones that i know they are working right now but the finalize list with the reports i will really appreciate that. second, according to press reports of puerto rico the island will use $700 million of federal funds for ferry that is will transport passengers to none continuous municipalities of culebra. i would like to request to you or your staff work with us while maintaining proper oversight for use of the funds because those known continued municipalities rely on services to conduct every single activity from

paredes del caribe guardan miles de memorias, clubes sociales como este son populares en cuba y puerto ricojas lo que hizo pensar que se iba a cerrar. >> eso se terminÓ. >> abriÓ como un sitio exclusivo para miembros del equipo de bÉisbol del vecindario y ahora es un lugar para las diÁspora para acercarse a sus raÍces, y aunque le han ofrecido millones dice que hay club para rato. >> messi genera cada vez mÁs ganancias y pasiones entre sus seguidores los detalles aquÍ al volver. [t[ticket imprprimiéndose]] [ambmbiente de b bar] [música a de fondo]] enentonces, ¿¿los llevevo? aquí está á la cuenta.a. grac. ¿¿d-u-i? enentonces, ¿¿los llevevo? aquí está á la cuenta.a. grac. ¿diezez mil dólarares por r un "d.u.i.i."? claro, e es el cargogo por un. ya sababen, cárcelel, ticket, lilicencia sususpendida, claro, e es el cargogo por un. seguro, dídías de trabajojo perdidos.s... salele caro no c cumplir con lala ley. seguro, dídías de trabajojo perdidos.s... crcreo que un n taxi es más b barato. seguro, dídías de trabajojo perdidos.s... [s[sirena de p policía] uy, pobrbre. le llegó l la cuenta d del

people of puerto rico have been waiting for 60 years and the local agency started telling you not to use power for week because we don't have enough power to cover the whole island. having said that, i will provide as well with a list of questions regarding this and i will hope that the fema administrator can provide that. >> we will be happy to provide you answers for the record. >> i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california. >> i think the chair, administrator criswell, i want to spend my time asking about something that is at the core of fema's work. the question of who gets fema disaster relief and who does not. let me first say that i am a big believer in the mission of your agency. i think it's one of the great things that our federal government does to make sure that fema disaster relief is therefore stated communities no matter where they are, no matter what their politics are. i want to commend you and your colleagues for the dedication that you bring to this critical work. i represent the north bay in the north coast of california so i have seen

en cada paso, yo soy de mayagÜez puerto rico y en cada paso que tuve desde la escuela elemental a las en la isla, tener un sistema nuevo en el cual todas las jÓvenes y los jÓvenes tengan una oportunidad real de crecimiento personal y profesional. >> ¿como incentivar a los jÓvenes latinos que tambiÉn entren a la industria de la tecnologÍa de las finanzas que al final es el futuro? >> es el futuro y lo mÁs im importante no tener miedo. tener la confianza de que los latinos podemos competir en el mundo de estados unidos en tecnologÍa y finanzas y en el mundo internacional como cualquier otro asÍ es que vernos comiendo los jÓvenes que estÁn i interesados que tomen el riesgo. >> orlando bravo el es uno de los conferencistas de () esta semana miami algo que reÚne a los lÍderes y fomenta el crecimiento del ocho comunidad latina. >> ¿te dijo algo mÁs de la forma de la elecciÓn otro para aquellas personas que estÁn empezando y tienen una idea? >> la disciplina. me dice que se levanta todos los dÍas a las cuatro a 5:00 de la maÑana para leer dos horas y hace ejercicios todos los dÍas. >> ya lo

years like 2017 when you headed hurricane harvey in texas, maria in florida and irma -- maria in puerto rico. the it'ses were astronomical and you have other years where it's really nothing. that's why there is some guess work into it and part of the way it's just been acknowledged that the disaster fund is going to be funded, on occasion be supplemental requests, in other words, mid-year requests to congress for emergency money and that's understood as part of the process and congress typically has beenss pretty comfortable approving supplemental requests and it's not a partisan thing regardless of the administration because as you hear people say all of the time, tissuesers don't -- hurricanes don't care what party you are or anything. they just -- theyy are just thee to make a mess. >> before the events in maui, idalia, what was the condition of the fund? >> the condition of the fund has been troubled all year really. that goes back to 20 when president trump opened up for states to pay for covid. nobody was really objecting. it seemed like a reasonable way to get money from the federal g