Pierluisi pursuing $457M for P.R. low-income residents through SNAP program inclusion
March 29, 2012
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi on Wednesday submitted HR 4280, known as the “Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act,” which would provide the island with $457 million in additional federal funding each year to ...
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Gov’t incentives spur use of solar heaters in P.R.
March 14, 2012
Some 11,200 solar heaters were installed in Puerto Rico during 2011 and 2012, following the injection of more than $20 million in American Recovery Act and Reinvestment Act funds into local product manufacturers, Resident Commissioner ...
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Congress approves bill extending equal funding treatment to P.R. airports
February 9, 2012
The U.S. Congress has approved the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, which includes an amendment presented by Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to guarantee equal treatment for Puerto Rico’s airports with respect ...
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