The governor of Puerto Rico is requesting Congress send billions of dollars in emergency relief before the end of the year as the U.S. territory continues to repair after being pummeled by summer hurricanes, the Washington Examiner. reported. Noting that Congress is set for recess in the coming days, Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said in a letter on Saturday to congressional leaders of both parties: "I implore you to use this critical window of opportunity" to approve the funding. He said that the funding would be used for housing and infrastructure and "to recover in a manner that makes Puerto Rico more resilient in the future so that we can avoid a crisis of this scale from ever happening again." Rosselló asked the federal government for $94 billion in mid-November to help the island's 3.4 million residents after Congress already approved a spending law that provided $5 billion in aid.
