US reps request subpoena of FEMA documents on contract to deliver meals to Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN – U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings and U.S. Virgin Islands delegate Stacey Plaskett wrote to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, urging Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) documents related to a contract to deliver 30 million meals to Puerto Rico be subpoenaed.
Despite the number of meals stipulated in FEMA’s $156 million contract with Tribute Contracting LLC, which they called a “one-person company,” only 50,000 of these meals were delivered.
The New York Times first reported that FEMA realized the food had been improperly packaged and cancelled Tiffany Brown’s contract 20 days after it was signed, reportedly paying $255,000 for 50,000 meals, which were improperly delivered, as they were supposed to be “self-heating.”
The letter’s authors said FEMA has not produced the requested documents three months after they were requested. The lawmakers said that in a phone call with Brown, she claimed FEMA was aware she couldn’t “independently finance the production and delivery” of that number of meals in such a short a period.
Bill introduced to exempt sales tax on items acquired with FEMA funds
“It is difficult to fathom how FEMA could have believed that this tiny company had the capacity to perform this $156 million contract,” the letter reads. The representatives then list five other botched Tribute contracts, adding that the Government Publishing Office had already declared the company ineligible for contracts of more than $30,000 over a year ago.
“It appears that the Trump administration’s response to the hurricanes in Puerto Rico in 2017 suffered from the same flaws as the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005,” they wrote.
Read Cummings and Plaskett’s letter here.
Majority of Claimants in Puerto Rico Still Await for Assistance From FEMA, Many Found ‘Ineligible’
Related Posts
Latest News
-
Medplus Solutions celebrates 10 years Saving Lives
Innovation and continuous growth Expansion of specialized and more comprehensive...
- Posted May 18, 2022
-
The Impact of Climate Change in Puerto Rico and on Humanity
Climate change on Earth affects humanity in all of the...
- Posted May 14, 2022
-
Cowboys and Indians Revisit the Federal Realm
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that the...
- Posted May 14, 2022
-
Puerto Rico Has Highest Proportion of Tax Expenditures Globally
Study by Espacios Abiertos Reveals Cost of Economic Incentives is...
- Posted May 14, 2022
-
SSI Exclusion Leaves Puerto Rico in the Cold
Associate Justice Sees Potential Repeal of ‘Shameful’ Insular Cases The...
- Posted May 13, 2022
-
GM Sectec, UPR Sign Cybersecurity Agreement
Organizations Establish Practice Centers for Students in Cybersecurity, IT GM...
- Posted May 13, 2022
-
Government, Academia Reach Agreement to Develop Workforce
Will Provide Training for Participants of Labor Development Program Puerto...
- Posted May 13, 2022
-
Medplus Solutions celebrates 10 years Saving Lives
Innovation and continuous growth Expansion of specialized and more...
- May 18, 2022
-
Amazon Web Services Expands Operations in Puerto Rico
Local Office Will Offer Services to other Caribbean Islands...
- April 22, 2022
-
García Padilla: Rubio Is No Friend of Puerto Rico
Governor Says Rubio's Remarks Confirm he Works for 'Vultures'
- February 26, 2016
- 15
You must be logged in to post a comment Login