Thomas Rivera Schatz: “It is my deepest conviction that a true democratic path to self-determination for the people of Puerto Rico must be…”

the Yucca Mountain project owes its ultimate demise to years of delays, manipulation and obstructionism by Senate majority leader Harry Reid, and the exigencies of election-year politics.

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.

Full democracy has not been achieved in Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans who live in the island cannot vote for the President, nor can we elect senators or voting members in the House of Representatives.

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