Tom Bossert Says Admin’s Immediate Goal Is Helping Puerto Rico in Spite of Debt

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CUOMO: "You will make all your points, Tom. I promise. I'm not looking for an argument, but I don’t understand the connection between $72 billion in debt and whether you will help them rebuild. Just make that point for me."
BOSSERT: "Let me finish answering. The idea here, Chris, with them being in debt, they don’t have enough ready liquid cash to pay their normal share like Florida and Texas had ready share money to pay. So what we’ll do, and the President has already done it, is we'll give a 180-day cost share adjustment. The federal government is paying 100 percent of the tab to make sure lives are saved. We'll worry about the big decisions later. That’s the President’s point."