Nydia Velázquez actually said...

"the way things are done today, it might take over 50 years for the bondholders to expect to be repaid, because there is not going to be a tax base left in Puerto Rico."

"For the first time I was able to go and see my family in Yabucoa, where the hurricane made landfall. It looked like someone dropped a bomb."

"This is going to be a very painful and long recovery. And people are not even discussing the emotional stress and toll that it is taking on the people of Puerto Rico."

"People are leaving because they feel that they have no other option. People are leaving the island, coming to Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, because there is no hope."