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Otherwise, this is not going to happen. Puerto Rico is going to continue deteriorating, people are going to continue migrating to the states, and it is going to be an embarrassment not only for Puerto Rico, but for the United States at…
Puerto Rico is getting about $1.2 billion a year from the Federal Government to take care of the medically indigent in Puerto Rico, American citizens.
I personally do not like that bill provision, and I will tell you why: it will promote migration out of Puerto Rico.
I believe these titles are a dramatic improvement over the earlier version of the bill and now, more or less, strike the appropriate balance between effectiveness in instilling fiscal discipline and respect for the democratic process.
Part of this overspending is definitely the result of mismanagement. I admit it. And it is embarrassing.
If we could change anything, we would actually give greater deference to the judicial system in Puerto Rico.
I respect those on both sides of the aisle who are looking at the bill holistically and working hard to get to a 'yes.'
This is not Chapter 9. I have a Chapter 9 bill. Mr. Duffy had a Chapter 9 bill. This is not super Chapter 9.
If these principles are respected in the drafting, we believe we can work with the committee to get there.
My constituents and I will accept this oversight, provided--let me say again--provided we also get a meaningful debt-restructuring mechanism.
We need to stabilize the government so that Puerto Rico grows.
The bill defers to the government of Puerto Rico in the right way because it allows the Governor to elaborate the plan and submit it to the board.
If we cannot get a balanced, bipartisan bill to the President's desk, the consequences for Puerto Rico and the island's creditors are likely to be grave.
WE ARE EQUAL IN THE BATTLEFIELD BUT NOT IN THE VOTING BOOTH.
The liberty, security and prosperity that the USA enjoys today were paid in part with the BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS of disenfranchised citizen soldiers of Puerto Rico.
We don't want to continue a relation with the USA as a colonial dependency.
We need to make sure that Puerto Rico has the necessary access to the markets to comply with its payment obligations in the markets.