Louie Gohmert: “It seems like really we have degenerated into a Third World country where it is all about who you know.”

The government must take responsibility and fix the major issues that are facing Puerto Rico before we even begin any serious discussion here about statehood.

It is coming here with hands out asking for more money and/or asking for statehood.

The bill did not allow, for example, Puerto Rico to remain a territory.

I would like the Record to reflect that after 5 years or so of cooking ribs on the gutter or balcony or whatever you want to call it of the Cannon Building, the Architect of the Capitol decreed I couldn't do that anymore and found a…