Stacey Plaskett actually said...

"The help Puerto Rico has received to date from Congress and the Administration has made a huge difference, and I know my people are grateful for this."

"Differential treatment in programs or funding, outright exclusion in some cases, be it by law or regulation, result in territories being forced to do the best they can with the extremely limited resou..."

"These inequalities need to be addressed by our Nation as Americans."

"We should not expect Puerto Rico to have a first class economy when we treat Puerto Ricans as second class citizens."