"Governments make decisions. I agree with you. When the government of these United States decided to bail out Wall Street, that was a decision."
"These aren't acts of God, these are acts of government."
"I think the best thing that we could do for Puerto Rico is get rid of PROMESA."
"So, it is time to bail out the people of Puerto Rico."
"The only real and permanent solution to the fiscal problems of Puerto Rico before this Committee today is statehood."
"It's time to extend to the American citizens of Puerto Rico the equal treatment, rights, and respect they deserve."
"the Federal Government needs to find ways to facilitate, not hinder, the process"
"the publication of the guidelines in the Federal Register is not being done in time."
"So if you don't have that plan approved or signed by the HUD administration, what are the programs, what are the services that are put on hold on the island, one, two, three?"
"HUD has been sitting on $8 billion in grant agreements since May. How can we complain, and how can the Federal agencies complain that we are not efficiently using the funds, when the money is not even..."
"The people of Puerto Rico, the government of Puerto Rico, has done everything that has been asked by the Federal Government to access this funding in less than a year."