President Biden on Monday traveled to Puerto Rico to survey the federal response to last month’s Hurricane Fiona, which ravaged an island that is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria.
President Biden on Monday traveled to Puerto Rico to survey the federal response to last month’s“I'm committed to this island,” Biden said in Ponce, Puerto Rico. “You deserve every bit of help this country can give you.”
Two weeks later, more than 120,000 homes and businesses are still without power. At least 16 deaths have been connected to the storm as parts of the island are still recovering from the damage caused by Maria, which hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane in 2017, killing nearly 3,000 people. “Over time, these losses add up,” Biden said. “Yet somehow, the people of Puerto Rico keep getting back up.”
“We are not leaving here as long as I’m president until everything — and I mean this sincerely — until every single thing we can do is done,” Biden said.
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