Political Quotes

“I see my colleague from New Jersey has been on the floor for several hours talking about the very important issue that frankly deserves a lot more discussion in the U.S. Senate. It is an issue of great importance to this territory of the United States, and it certainly is an important issue to the people of the United States of America, whether they understand that or not, because the success of Puerto Rico, financially, is also tied to how well the United States, as a partner of this territory, continues to be successful as well. Everybody thinks of the situation with Greece and the European Union. Well, they should also be thinking about the situation in Puerto Rico and its relationship to the United States of America because, if it doesn't go well for Puerto Rico, I guarantee it is not going to go well for the United States of America. My colleague has been on the floor now for hours talking about the structure of what would be a fair way to enter into a reorganization of the debt. I thank him for coming to the floor and doing this. I think it was probably 7-plus months ago that we had one of the first hearings on this issue and tried to get people to focus their attention on the crisis. What kind of authority does the territory have today and what kind of structure should we honor as they confront this financial crisis? So I just want to put up a couple of charts.…”