Rubén Gallego actually said...

What you would have to do is you would have to get a much bigger navy. You would have to have a lot more ships to cover this.

Gallego discusses the potential military costs if COFA states abandon treaties with the U.S.

06/13/2023

More Rubén Gallego Quotes

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.

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