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We proved that when you treat us equally, we can do as well or better than anybody in the States.

We are coming here to be treated the same as our fellow American citizens.

To think that you can put that aside just because you are facing a public debt issue or facing a recession in Puerto Rico misses the point all together.

Most, if not all, territories that have become states were under-performing the states financially and economically.

There is oversight on LUMA from so many quarters.

Having a plan of adjustment confirmed by the Federal court is absolutely essential, because it would stabilize PREPA's finances.

So, why treat Puerto Rico differently than the way you treat other states when they are in times of need?

What we are supporting here is what the people of the island voted for, and that is statehood.

The only ones elected to do that job is the Governor of Puerto Rico, who is sitting right there, and me.

I am not going to allow PREPA to end up with a debt burden that is going to end up causing extraordinary increases, unacceptable increases, in the cost of electricity in Puerto Rico.

I am not going to support any restructuring that is not sustainable, that is not affordable.

The American citizens of Puerto Rico did not come to us after these disasters with their hands out.

The terms of PROMESA need to be met; the bonds need to be rated by major credit rating agencies.

The debt needs to be the lower the better.

Governor, we were talking about the situations between FEMA, PREPA, and many people on the island that are following this hearing are always complaining that every week we do have a lot of blackouts.

We would like to be included in the SNAP program, and we are requesting that. It is only fair that we get the same nutrition assistance as our fellow American citizens in the States.

This Committee did not pass H.R. 1522. We passed H.R. 8393. That was a consensus bill that had many hearings through the years.

The main issue for our problems, financial problems, is the status. And that is the root of the problem.