Rob Bishop actually said...

"Without this Board, without the structure we have in hand, those three goals--the economic success, the governmental stability, as well as the path to statehood--are going to be significantly retarded..."

"Unfortunately, as significant as those are and the problems I think we have talked about even when we were in Puerto Rico, those are not the jurisdiction of this Committee."

"However, our Department, under the Trump administration has produced 12,000 documents that are over 100,000 pages."

"The number of Members who are here is heartening."