Thomas Rivera Schatz: “I respectfully ask you to succeed where more than 50 previous Congresses have failed.”

This debate is about whether the people of Puerto Rico are ready to join us as a full partner of this Union.

If a program is going to be proposed and funded by the Federal government, there should be a way to determine whether that program is achieving its goals, and if it is not, it should be eliminated.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Lack of consensus equals lack of legitimacy.