What particularly concerns me is that underwriters and investors are looking at PROMESA's repudiation of debt...

As a Californian, I said no--a mess that is made in Sacramento needs to stay in Sacramento, and I think the same principle applies to San Juan.

I think, has been a real serious problem.

Those bond buyers, of course, now have to look at that and say, these are a lot more riskier than we thought.

By setting up an independent management board, we have confused the responsibilities and the accountability which rightly belong to the people of Puerto Rico.

What we are seeing across the world today is that it is a very slippery slope between banning hate speech and banning speech we just hate.

As I have been listening to the testimony and the questions, it strikes me that perhaps both sides are losing a perspective of why we have a First Amendment. It is because the freedom to speak our minds is absolutely essential to a free…

Free societies don't punish words and thoughts. They punish deeds, and the reason for that is because words and thoughts can be countered by words and thoughts. That is why we have a First Amendment.

What has made the American experiment work? What has saved us from the poisonous hatreds that are consuming other nations has been a tolerance and a respect for diversity enshrined in the freedom of religion clauses of our Bill of Rights.

The ideology-driven H.R. 5 is content to see women, lesbians, and families become the collateral damage of identity politics.

Again, I support protecting individuals from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, but this legislation creates more problems than it solves.

For me, this is about looking at a bill and saying what is right or wrong about this bill.