{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hernandez.house.gov/media/press-releases/comisionado-residente-pablo-jose-hernandez-exige-transparencia-energetica-en", "Comisionado Residente Pablo Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez Exige Transparencia Energ\u00e9tica en Discurso Ante el Congreso", "2025-06-03", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "PR", "Pablo Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez", "H001103", "hernandez.house.gov", "hernandez", "https://hernandez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 En un discurso pronunciado hoy en el hemiciclo de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos, el comisionado residente Pablo Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez Rivera (D-P.R.), miembro del Comit\u00e9 de Seguridad Interna, reclam\u00f3 supervisi\u00f3n federal y total transparencia ante la descalificaci\u00f3n de propuestas para generar electricidad mediante barcazas en Puerto Rico.\n\n\u201cEsto no se trata de favorecer a una empresa sobre otra. Se trata de transparencia. Se trata de supervisi\u00f3n. Se trata de saber si agencias federales fueron utilizadas\u2014consciente o inconsciente\u2014para fabricar un pretexto y beneficiar a ciertos intereses\u201d, declar\u00f3 Hern\u00e1ndez Rivera.\n\nEl gobierno puertorrique\u00f1o hab\u00eda propuesto el uso de barcazas para enfrentar un posible d\u00e9ficit energ\u00e9tico este verano, pero luego abandon\u00f3 el plan, citando preocupaciones federales sobre resistencia a vientos huracanados. Desde entonces, surgieron rumores sobre cabildeo pol\u00edtico y conflictos de inter\u00e9s, lo cual provoc\u00f3 preocupaci\u00f3n bipartidista en Washington.\n\nEn su intervenci\u00f3n, Hern\u00e1ndez Rivera anunci\u00f3 que hab\u00eda unido esfuerzos con el presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Seguridad Interna, Mark Green (R-Tenn.), paraenviar una carta bipartidista a varias agencias federales y el Negociado de Energ\u00eda de Puerto Rico solicitando explicaciones claras sobre el proceso de evaluaci\u00f3n.\n\nEste mensaje refuerza la gesti\u00f3n legislativa del comisionado residente sobre la crisis energ\u00e9tica, incluyendo el proyecto H.R. 2714, el Puerto Rico Energy Generation Crisis Task Force Act, para establecer un grupo de trabajo federal-estatal enfocado en soluciones sostenibles para la generaci\u00f3n de energ\u00eda en la isla.\n\nOprima AQU\u00cd para ver el discurso del comisionado residente.\n\n###\n\nResident Commissioner Pablo Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez Calls for Federal Oversight in Emergency Power Procurement in Floor Speech\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In a speech delivered today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Resident Commissioner Pablo Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez (D-PR), a member of the Homeland Security Committee, called for full transparency and federal oversight into the rejection of barge-based power generation proposals in Puerto Rico.\n\n\u201cThis is not about siding with one company over another. It\u2019s about transparency. It\u2019s about oversight. It\u2019s about whether federal agencies were used\u2013knowingly or not\u2013to manufacture a pretext and favor certain interests,\u201d said Hern\u00e1ndez. \u201cThe people of Puerto Rico don\u2019t deserve blackouts. And we need to make sure there are no backroom deals made in the dark.\u201d\n\nEarlier this year, the Puerto Rican government had proposed deploying power barges to address an anticipated summer energy shortfall. That plan was later withdrawn, with federal concerns over hurricane safety cited as justification. Since then, allegations of lobbying and political favoritism have surfaced, drawing bipartisan concern in Congress.\n\nIn his remarks, Hern\u00e1ndez announced that he had joined Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) of the Homeland Security Committee in issuing abipartisan letter to multiple federal agencies and the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau requesting clarity on their role in the decision.\n\nThe speech follows Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s ongoing advocacy for energy reform in Puerto Rico, including his introduction of H.R. 2714, the Puerto Rico Energy Generation Crisis Task Force Act, to coordinate a robust federal and local response.\n\nClick HERE to watch the Resident Commissioner\u2019s speech.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hernandez.house.gov/media/press-releases/comisionado-residente-pablo-jose-hernandez-exige-transparencia-energetica-en"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.203638967126608, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}