Political Quotes

“I think we have to put a few things in order here. The first thing I probably should mention is that Puerto Rico at the present time receives more chapter 1 money than 42 States. I repeat, Puerto Rico receives more chapter 1 money than 42 States. Puerto Rico also has one of the lowest per pupil expenditures for elementary and secondary pupils. If you don't pay Federal income tax, it seems to me there should be some additional money available to raise that per pupil expenditure back home. I remember when I first came here, we had an opportunity to get into a debate on this because there were numerous States that had very low per pupil expenditures, but they were always tilting the formula to take care of those States who were not doing very much to take care of themselves. What we must keep in mind is that Puerto Rico does receive more chapter 1 money than 42 other States. If they were to get more now, it would have to come from some of those 42 States who get less than Puerto Rico presently gets.”