Ron Wyden actually said...

The solution is not to make communities dependent on Federal payments which is the path we're currently on.

Wyden emphasizes the need for communities to be self-sufficient rather than reliant on federal aid.

03/18/2013

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the lack of resolution of Puerto Rico's status not only distracts from addressing these huge challenges, it contributes to them.

We do not want to be back here as a committee or as a Congress several years from now in the same situation.

Puerto Rico must either exercise full self-government as a sovereign nation or achieve equality among the States of the Union.

the underlying question is resolving the issue of status.