12/01/2010
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"The most fundamental function of all governments is to ensure the safety of their citizens and maintain law and order."
"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."
"H.R. 2499 is anything but deliberative, open or unbiased."