Ann Claire Williams: “Trust me, there will be 78 percent of Pennsylvanians who will think this is an extraordinarily stupid and dangerous…”

I say this with genuine regret. Individuals and institutions loaned Puerto Rico money, and Puerto Rico promised to pay them back with interest.

This is very dangerous and hearkens back to some of the darkest periods in American history.

The goal of Congress, if it pursues the authority's creation, should be to provide Puerto Rico with the best means available to help remedy the fiscal distress as soon as possible.

If the forthcoming bill seeks to extinguish rather than enhance our democracy at the local level, I will do everything within my power to defeat it.