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The delegation is focusing on meetings with administration officials and congressional leaders to discuss a range of issues impacting the quality of life in Puerto Rico. #NewsismyBusiness
We all have watched the never dull discussions surrounding the Shadow Congress members from Puerto Rico. The posts of shadow US Congressmen or Shadow Senator have been held by elected or appointed government officials from territories of the United States that do not have a congressional vote. We have representation in Congress in the form of a […]
The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2157, known as the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, that includes an additional $600 million for Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, known as PAN for its initials in Spanish. The bill also includes $5 million to study impact on the use of PAN funds in Puerto Rico […]
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2019 (PRRADA, for short.) The bipartisan legislation would provide robust disclosure requirements to all of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico’s advisers and consultants, closing a loophole […]
As Puerto Rico continues to rebuild following the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Medicare funding disparities still undermine access to healthcare on the island, the group said.
The governor made several requests to lawmakers, all of which the island’s government expects to be addressed before the end of the current session.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló sent a letter Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) in which he urged the lawmaker to “adopt a balanced approach” that considers all stakeholders in Puerto Rico and not just the concerns of the bondholders.
The first week of April will be critical to the future of Puerto Rico’s healthcare system as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will rule over numerous requests for improved treatment in the funding for Medicare Advantage programs on the island, the Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico said.
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner, Jenniffer González-Colón, and the Democratic congressman for New York, José Serrano, asked the U.S. Secretary of Health, Alex Azar, to address the disparity in reimbursements to health providers in Puerto Rico under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.
In a letter to Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and the Chairman of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, two Congressional lawmakers called for the protection of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission from efforts to weaken or undermine its jurisdiction by consolidating it with other agencies or by privatizing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and exempting PREPA from PREC’s supervision.
A key Congressional panel took steps Wednesday to advance legislation aimed at helping small companies in Puerto Rico obtain a greater share of federal contracts.
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources sent a letter to the interim executive director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) asking for further information related to recent allegations of corruption and mismanagement of power restoration operations on the island.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González announced an allocation of $16 billion in federal funds for the recovery of the island after Hurricane María.
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