Ron Wyden actually said...

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

"the underlying question is resolving the issue of status."

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

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