Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) said Congress is working with the Trump administration on humanitarian aid for Puerto Rico in the wake of devastating damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Ryan said in a statement Monday that lawmakers are working with the White House “to ensure necessary resources get to the U.S. territory,” where island-wide power outages and widespread damage have imperiled more than 3 million U.S. citizens.

“The stories and images coming out of Puerto Rico are devastating,” Ryan said. “Our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico remain in our prayers as we make sure they have what they need.”

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Puerto Rico is expected to be without power for months while government officials struggle to address food and fuel shortages across the territory. The island had already been reeling from a debt crisis that froze swaths of the Puerto Rican financial system and led to severe cuts to critical state health care, social services and education.

Puerto Ricans have fled to the mainland as the territory’s economy falters under the weight of its financial burdens, which will grow deeper during the storm recovery.

The destruction in Puerto Rico is one of several post-storm crises on Congress’s tab. Lawmakers still plan to advance several aid funding packages for communities across Texas and the Southeast ravaged by hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Congress will also need to increase the National Flood Insurance Program’s borrowing authority beyond its $30 billion cap so the agency can pay out flood insurance claims. The swelling NFIP debt comes as conservative lawmakers seek major changes to the program meant to gear more flood insurance policies toward the private markets.