Rep. Velazquez: Members of Congress Demand Answers on Puerto Rico Nutrition Funding Delay
July 01, 2019
July 01, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release:
Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) has led five of her colleagues in writing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General, asking that that watchdog investigate why previously approved nutritional assistance funding has not reached Puerto Rico.
The letter follows media reports that $600 million in aid previously approved by Congress and signed into law still has not been . . .
Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) has led five of her colleagues in writing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General, asking that that watchdog investigate why previously approved nutritional assistance funding has not reached Puerto Rico.
The letter follows media reports that $600 million in aid previously approved by Congress and signed into law still has not been . . .