04/02/2015
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"The most fundamental function of all governments is to ensure the safety of their citizens and maintain law and order."
"H.R. 2499 is anything but deliberative, open or unbiased."
"As President, I will actively engage Congress and the Puerto Rican people in promoting this deliberative, open and unbiased process, that may include a constitutional convention or a plebiscite, and m..."
"I encourage Congress to insist upon a real self-determination mechanism that will not force statehood upon the people of Puerto Rico."