,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#bb1 #bjah ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4     
,casey1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4       
,durbin1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4        
,harris1 ,mr4 ,nelson1 ,mr4 ,schumer1   
,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,ms4       
,baldwin1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
considered and agreed to  ,,resolution  
,marking the #f-month anniversary of the
 devastation of ,puerto ,rico and the   
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands by     
,hurricane ,maria4  ,whereas1 on        
,september #ac1 #bjag1 the ,national    
,hurricane ,center began tracking a     
tropical wave that ultimately became    
,hurricane ,maria2 ,whereas ,hurricane  
,maria became the tenth most intense    
,atlantic hurricane on record and the   
most intense tropical storm of the #bjag
 season2 ,whereas1 on ,september #bj1   
#bjag1 ,hurricane ,maria made landfall  

in ,puerto ,rico as a ,category #d storm
 with sustained wind speeds of #aee     
miles per hour2 ,whereas ,hurricane     
,maria hit ,puerto ,rico and the ,united
 ,states ,virgin ,islands 7referred to  
in this preamble as the ,u4,s4 ,virgin  
,islands7 just #ad days after ,puerto   
,rico and the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands   
were hit by ,hurricane ,irma2 ,whereas1 
on ,march #bj1 #bjah1 the people of the 
,united ,states that live in ,puerto    
,rico and the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands   
will mark #f months since ,hurricane    
,maria nearly destroyed ,puerto ,rico   
and the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands2        
,whereas1 #f months since ,hurricane    
,maria made landfall in ,puerto ,rico1  
more than #abj1jjj people are still     
without electricity1 and hundreds of    
thousands of people continue to lose    
power on a temporary basis2 ,whereas    
,puerto ,rico remains under a state of  
emergency and reconstruction efforts are
 still underway2 ,whereas tens of       
thousands of people in ,puerto ,rico and

 the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands are still  
awaiting permanent shelter2 ,whereas    
more than #fg1jjj households in ,puerto 
,rico and the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands   
needed blue roof tarps as a form of     
temporary roofing for homes2 ,whereas   
,puerto ,rico was struggling with a     
severe debt crisis and a deteriorating  
health care system prior to ,hurricane  
,maria1 the effects of which have       
exacerbated the suffering in ,puerto    
,rico2 ,whereas more than #gjj1jjj cubic
 yards of debris1 or the equivalent of  
#aij ,olympic-sized swimming pools1 have
 been collected in the ,u4,s4 ,virgin   
,islands2 ,whereas approximately        
#c1ijj1jjj cubic yards of debris need   
removal from ,puerto ,rico2 ,whereas1   
when calculating customer hours of lost 
electricity service1 ,puerto ,rico is   
experiencing the longest blackout in the
 history of the ,united ,states2        
,whereas thousands of ,puerto ,ricans   
have relocated to the mainland of the   
,united ,states as a result of          

,hurricane ,maria2 ,whereas the official
 death toll from ,hurricane ,maria      
stands at #fd victims in ,puerto ,rico2 
and ,whereas research suggests that the 
actual direct and indirect death toll   
from ,hurricane ,maria in ,puerto ,rico 
may be more than #a1jjj victims3 ,now1  
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 remains profoundly concerned with  
the continuing crisis plaguing ,puerto  
,rico and the ,united ,states ,virgin   
,islands 7referred to in this resolving 
clause as the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands7  
as a result of ,hurricane ,maria2 and   
7#b7 pledges continued support to-- 7,a7
 the millions of citizens of the ,united
 ,states living in ,puerto ,rico and the
 ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands2 and  7,b7 to  
the citizens of the ,united ,states who 
have relocated from ,puerto ,rico and   
the ,u4,s4 ,virgin ,islands to the      
mainland of the ,united ,states in the  
aftermath of ,hurricane ,maria4