09/21/2011
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"Before you try to come up with all sorts of clever and convoluted ways to respond to the crisis in Puerto Rico, you should simply extend to the territory those Federal programs and policies that have ..."
"If a bill seeks to extinguish our democracy at the local level, I will do everything in my power to defeat it."
"the problems that the island confronts today would not exist, or at least would not exist in such severe form."
"it is imperative to create a long-term fiscal and economic authority to address holistically and comprehensively all of Puerto Rico's issues"