Thomas Rivera Schatz: “Well, we have always supported a balanced budget amendment, but, again, all of this could be done. It is a political…”

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

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

I respectfully ask you to succeed where more than 50 previous Congresses have failed.

Give the people of Puerto Rico the freedom to choose a final political solution by providing a fair and legal self-determination process based on non-territorial, non-colonial final permanent options.