If Chapter 9 is good enough for your constituents, why isn't it good enough for mine?

You should not be looking the other way. You should not be ignoring us. If you do so, you do it at your own peril.

There is Supreme Court case law in Puerto Rico recognizing the property and contractual rights of pension holders in Puerto Rico.

There is no excuse for the government of Puerto Rico to have failed to publish audited financial statements for the last 2 fiscal years.

If you lower the minimum wage in Puerto Rico, you will be giving the people of Puerto Rico an additional incentive to leave.

Tinkering around the edges of this problem will not suffice. Bold action that goes straight to the heart of the problem is required.

I look forward to the day when the U.S. citizens that reside in Puerto Rico can vote for their national leaders.

If you treat us like second-class citizens, do not expect us to have a first-class economy.

Unfortunately, our resident commissioner, Pedro Pierluisi, does not even issue one statement against whistleblower retaliation that occurs very often at this facility.

The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million American citizens, stands at a crossroads. The Governor recently announced that Puerto Rico cannot pay all of its debts. The Governor's comments were not constructive because they…

We ask Congress to end this tax abuse, and eliminate Section 933 of the Internal Revenue Code immediately.

I want only for Puerto Rico to be treated equally.

the U.S. Government is not even funding----

Congress cannot in good conscience criticize Puerto Rico without acknowledging the fact that Congress shares culpability for the territory's problems.

I believe that the rules in the country should apply in the same way for creditors and debtors across the country.

How can anybody that says that they believe in democracy and that they want the U.S. citizenship, not want to participate in the democratic process of the nation they are citizens with?

I wouldn't have the gall to go any place and say, 'I am a Democrat, I believe in democracy, but I don't want to have the right to vote or the right to representation.'

The only way to address this situation whereby our constitutional rights are never the same if we live in a territory is to either move to one of the 50 states or become a state.