We should be treated equally. It has an impact on our fiscal health, and it definitely has an impact on our economy.

While I am open to Federal oversight, I oppose Federal control. If Puerto Rico is better governed at the local level and receives fair treatment at the Federal level, we can overcome our challenges.

Puerto Rico's status is not an abstract or theoretical problem. It is a moral, social, and political wrong with the crushing practical consequences for the American citizens I represent.

You cannot treat the people of Puerto Rico like second-class citizens and then profess to be surprised when we do not have a first-class economy.

We should honor our obligations to the extent we can, and we should have Chapter 9 available.

The Federal Government should now speak with equal force about the need to correct its immoral and illogical policy toward Puerto Rico.

Yes. And since the Senator raises the issue, or it has been raised, the issue of audits, let me say that Congress has the authority, this committee has jurisdiction to require GAO to do annual audits of the Puerto Rico government and…

the number we have is roughly $150 million for full application of the child tax credit program

the best estimates that my office has obtained for the EITC, full application of EITC in Puerto Rico is roughly $500 million

I join the Treasury Department, the National Economic Council, and HHS in urging Congress to enact a legislative package for Puerto Rico.

I remind you that in Puerto Rico the FMAP we have, it is 55/45.