Rubén Gallego actually said...

this reeks of a sort of paternalism from us stateside Members of Congress.

The fact is if Puerto Rico were a state, there would be no financial control board.

The single most egregious example of colonialism is the financial control board, which represents a cardinal sin against the sovereignty and...

Puerto Ricans on the island are citizens of the United States, and we are here today to debate whether those citizens should be equal.