Sam Gibbons: “Mr. Speaker, the first speaker we had, Mr. Rangel, the last speaker we had, Ms. Velazquez, and the next speaker we have…”

“Mr. Speaker, the first speaker we had, Mr. Rangel, the last speaker we had, Ms. Velazquez, and the next speaker we have, the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Gutierrez], point out something I think is very significant here. The first speaker represents Puerto Rico here, 3 rac{1}{2} million people, almost 4 million people got no vote. There is something in this bill that is very important to his people, but he is not allowed to vote on it. The last speaker represents many people whose origin is in Puerto Rico, but they have a vote here in the Congress because they chose to move to the mainland as Americans from Puerto Rico. The next speaker, Mr. Speaker, that I am going to yield 2 minutes to is in the same position. Mr. Gutierrez represents a lot of people whose origins were in Puerto Rico but they are here now because they have got a vote here in the Congress and they can vote for President. I just do not think, as I editorialize here, we have paid enough attention to the political novelties that we have created with Puerto Rico. I think we better spend some time on it, Mr. Speaker.”