Darren Soto

I think that latter group, the Governor and the legislature, are more appropriate to do economic development.

I think having an energy revolution, getting off of oil and coal, which are two of the most expensive parts of the economy, are absolutely critical for Puerto Rico's economic future.

The two mandates: (1) to have 4 years of balanced budgets, and (2) to have market access at reasonable interest rates, are what we need in order to have, as you say, PROMESA go away.

But the underlying documents to make an independent audit are not made public currently if you wanted to make an independent one; is that correct?

I think there are some ironies and arguments, because we are trying to make sure that we protect Puerto Rico's sovereignty.

I am very interested in helping resolve the long-term Medicaid parity issue, as well as apply the Affordable Care Act to Puerto Rico.

If there was sovereign immunity, we wouldn't need a PROMESA Board.

Thank you, Governor, for your strong leadership to help Puerto Rico recover from the brink of collapse.

We are scheduled, if nothing is done, for that to go even higher.

We live in an amazing time where diseases and conditions that would have easily killed our grandparents... are now things that people readily survive from.

We are getting to voting soon.

In honor of Women's History Month, I want to recognize Ann Marie Siefker. Ann Marie Siefker was born on May 8, 1957. She attended Cardinal Gibbons High School and graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a degree in education. Ann…

I thank the Speaker for the opportunity. We certainly appreciate the esteemed institution that is West Point. May I also say that the United States Marines are also a great institution, and I want to thank the Speaker for his service in…

I want to personally thank the chairman for reviving FCC authority to fund rural broadband and Lifeline.

By reinstating the 2015 that applies Section 201 and 202 of the Communications Act that creates a standard to prevent unjust and unreasonable and discriminatory network practices.

We were asked by the public to create basic net neutrality rules and this bill is a start to doing that.

This bill is not just messaging. It will be an opportunity for amendments.

Don't you think the internet deserves its own chapter? I mean, it is so all-encompassing.

So, but you would say overall it decreased access?

One of the big reasons that the ACA has been so successful in Florida is because we don't have a lot of folks with access to employer-based health insurance.

I am from Florida, home of the largest Federal exchange for the ACA in the Nation, with over 1.7 million Floridians.

I believe most Americans have a basic understanding that their personal data is being used, but there are certain expectations of privacy...

I think if the companies choose to do that or choose to adopt that approach that would make sense, but I am not sure that mandating it in statute would make any sense. It would certainly hurt innovation.

So sabotage of the ACA--allow me to count the ways. Let me just go through the top five as I see it: first, eliminating cost-sharing subsidies, that raised rates; second, cutting enrollment period in half; third, cutting marketing dollars…

So from Florida's perspective, we cannot let this fail, and despite attempts to make it fail it has still thrived for us to still be the largest Federal exchange in the Nation.