The most logical and democratic way for Congress to know where we stand as Americans is to allow us an up-or-down vote to confirm or overturn the 2012 results.

The current economic crisis is a cruel manifestation that territorial status is not a sustainable model for the political economy of America's last large and populous territory.

I believe that the rules in the country should apply in the same way for creditors and debtors across the country.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to see you and so many other friends.

The current statue will stand equally alongside the other possible status alternatives.

When I came into office, none of us knew about the DOJ investigation.

We have seen a lot of the drug trafficking coming from cocaine-producing countries coming through Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.

Nothing has been done about it. That is the bottom line here.

There is a moral commitment that I have to indeed make sure that we provide Constitutional policing to our constituents.

We have taken swift and decisive action indeed to start changing a culture that took decades to develop.

I appointed Hector Pesquera, who is here with me today, as the new superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police.