Thomas Rivera Schatz: “PROMESA does not need to be amended. It needs to be repealed.”

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

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

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

This debate is about whether the people of Puerto Rico are ready to join us as a full partner of this Union.