Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello on Thursday said officials on the island backed into a controversial no-bid contract with Whitefish of Montana to help it restore power on the island only after the Army Corps of Engineers was failing to make any progress.
«Corps of Engineers, it’s unacceptable what has happened,» Rossello said on MSNBC.
Rossello has mostly praised the work of the Trump administration, but he argued Thursday that things have not gone as smoothly as President Trump has indicated. Aside from the Army Corps failure, he noted that Texas and Florida have been approved for permanent restoration work more quickly than Puerto Rico.
Rossello said he initially was hoping the Army Corps could do the work, but said that hasn’t happened so far.
«On Sept. 30, I signed an agreement … with the Corps of Engineers under the direct statement that they would start immediately, that they would lift the energy grid in 45 days,» he said.
