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Help Fellow Americans in Puerto Rico

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 26, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs

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Mr. Speaker, we are right now witnessing a humanitarian crisis--not in some far-flung corner of the
world, but right here at home. Mr. Speaker, 3\1/2\ million of our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico, fellow U.S. citizens, are without water and without electricity, cut off from the rest of the world. These are our fellow Americans.

Puerto Ricans are just as American as we are. They have fought in every single one of our American wars. They need our help now. This is what we do best as Americans.

When there is a crisis, we come together and help our fellow Americans. We must act now. This should be the number one priority of Congress and the White House this week, and we should not leave here until we have let the millions of people in Puerto Rico know that we will be there for them.

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