Thomas Rivera Schatz

PROMESA has exacerbated the economic situation on the island putting a magnifying glass over the 121 years of colonialism.

Only then will Puerto Rico truly possess the tools and mechanisms necessary to solve the social and economic crisis.

This Committee should use its jurisdictional power... to enact legislation that will do away with our second-class status as a colony.

PROMESA does not need to be amended. It needs to be repealed.

PROMESA is not working, and for proposing a fix to what is, in our opinion, unfixable.

The time has come for the United States Congress to grant equal treatment to the people of Puerto Rico through statehood and end the condition of indignity, inequality, and abuse to which its 3.1 million citizens are subjected to under an…

The government needs to be more out of the way rather than trying to force its own view on how jobs should be created.

The government needs to be more out of the way rather than trying to force its own view on how jobs should be created

Yes, I do. We've also supported repealing Davis-Bacon and the service contracts.

One of the main impediments to reducing the mismanagement of the taxpayers' money is Congress' tendency to create a program to solve a problem rather than spending the time to determine whether or not an existing program can address the…

One of the recommendations we have in prime cuts is to reduce the cost growth in the major defense acquisition portfolio by 20 percent over 5 years.