Louie Gohmert: “We are talking about the deduction of operating expenses that are real and true operating expenses.”

The bill also did absolutely nothing to solve the debt crisis that they have been facing.

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.

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…

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