Gregorio Sablan: “Would it be possible for the people of Puerto Rico to come together and figure this out themselves, and then come to…”

I want to commend Chairman Westerman and Ranking Member Grijalva for creating this Indo-Pacific Task Force to provide for a bipartisan process.

Today is, indeed, a very important day, historic in some ways, because it marks the beginning of what I hope and I believe will be a successful bipartisan effort to renew the financial provisions of the Compacts of Free Association.

I also would think that the provisions of H.R. 3268 will help move forward the exercise of free and fair elections in the territories.

I wish to associate myself with the statements including the discussion of the legal hurdles of allowing citizens of territories to fully and finally exercise their rights as Americans.