05/26/2009
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"Puerto Ricans are American citizens, just like folks in Maine or Oklahoma or New Mexico."
"This bill is not a perfect solution; nobody's saying it is."
"There is only one way for Puerto Rico to pull itself out of this crisis, and that's by restructuring its debt and finding a sustainable fiscal path toward growth and opportunity for its people."
"I know that some folks in Puerto Rico are worried about this kind of oversight."