Dick Thornburgh Quotes
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If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as…
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Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico…
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In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of…
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The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure…
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After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route to self-determination for…
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Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the…
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If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their…
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The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General…
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As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states…
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That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option,…
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However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and…
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Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.
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Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some…
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Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.
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The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed…
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The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in…
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Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in…
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Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to…
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It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.
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Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island…
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