We should be treated equally. It has an impact on our fiscal health, and it definitely has an impact on our economy.

The Federal Government should now speak with equal force about the need to correct its immoral and illogical policy toward Puerto Rico.

I join the Treasury Department, the National Economic Council, and HHS in urging Congress to enact a legislative package for Puerto Rico.

Yes. And since the Senator raises the issue, or it has been raised, the issue of audits, let me say that Congress has the authority, this committee has jurisdiction to require GAO to do annual audits of the Puerto Rico government and…

the best estimates that my office has obtained for the EITC, full application of EITC in Puerto Rico is roughly $500 million

While I am open to Federal oversight, I oppose Federal control. If Puerto Rico is better governed at the local level and receives fair treatment at the Federal level, we can overcome our challenges.

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

I remind you that in Puerto Rico the FMAP we have, it is 55/45.

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

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

the likelihood of success would be materially improved if Puerto Rico had a legal framework within which to do so.

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

Simply stated, Puerto Rico's status cannot be reconciled with the principles the United States strives to uphold at home and promotes abroad.

Jobs in the U.S. territories are American jobs.

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.

They are leaving because of lack of good quality of life. They are leaving because of lack of jobs.

It is important that any provision included in corporate tax reform legislation be designed to promote job creation or other measurable contributions to the island's economic development.

I fight for equal rights for the American citizens of Puerto Rico, equal political rights and equal treatment in Federal programs.