And although Puerto Rico is receiving immediate aid, the real test will be in six months or a year, when the need for long-term recovery is just as great, but the media coverage of the hurricanes has subsided. Texas and Florida have powerful congressional delegations that will hold federal attention as needs shift from lifesaving to rebuilding. Puerto Rico has only a single nonvoting congresswoman. In the fierce competition for federal resources, this is the equivalent of bringing a knife to a gun fight, and a plastic knife at that.