Sen. Menendez, Rep. Velazquez Lead Bicameral Push for President Biden to Issue Major Disaster Declaration for Puerto Rico
September 21, 2022
September 21, 2022
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 20, 2022:
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.-07) led a bipartisan group of 43 colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to President Joe Biden to urge him to issue a Major Disaster Declaration for all of Puerto Rico's municipalities in response to Hurricane Fiona. Just days before the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the . . .
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.-07) led a bipartisan group of 43 colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to President Joe Biden to urge him to issue a Major Disaster Declaration for all of Puerto Rico's municipalities in response to Hurricane Fiona. Just days before the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the . . .