Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) said that he is planning to move to Puerto Rico to help the hurricane-ravaged island rebuild.

“I was born in Chicago. I love Chicago. Chicago and I, we have a bond there. But I have to go back home,” Gutiérrez said Saturday to the Chicago Sun-Times. “I have to go back to my other home. I have to go back there and rebuild that island.”

Gutiérrez is the son of Puerto Rican parents and has long had a second home on the island.

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He said with the move he will be better able to “connect the experience of the people of Puerto Rico, the devastating effect of the hurricane and the lousy, inhumane response of Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE to the tragedy.”

The Democratic lawmaker, who is retiring at the end of this Congress, and former alderman of Chicago also said he plans to help his daughter get elected to the alderman position.

“For 30 years, I put public office, right, first and foremost. And so I am going to put my daughter and her campaign first and foremost,” Gutiérrez said. “So I have really trimmed back commitments, speaking engagements and commitments across the country because I’m going to be living in Chicago starting Labor Day through Feb. 26, and I intend to help Jessica, my daughter, in her campaign. And be a good dad.”

“If anything, all of this stuff on the border and children just makes me ever more cognizant of my responsibility as a dad, and I am going to spend time with her,” Gutiérrez continued. “And so that’s first.”