Billions Quote by Dick Thornburgh

Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range of federal programs, including tax credits available…

— Pedro Pierluisi

Puerto Rico is a government that is spending money that it doesn't have. What's coming in and what's going out don't match. That is,…

— Marco Rubio

Expenditures have gone rampant in Puerto Rico: lack of accountability - total lack of accountability.

— Ricardo Rossello

Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.

— Dick Thornburgh

[Puerto Rico] losing not just taxpayers, but professionals, people who are vital to their communities. I don't think that is good. So undoubtedly, if…

— Marco Rubio

The total station economy is about $800 million dollars a year, and about $90 million comes from the government. In the long run, we…

— Ron Schiller

The one key difference is that Puerto Rico is a colonial territory. We don't have representation. We have a difficult time getting funding from…

— Ricky Rossello

Puerto Rico is a powerful island.

— Fat Joe

The citizens of Puerto Rico pay taxes with no representation every day, because Puerto Rico is not a state. And the rules only became…

— W. Kamau Bell

And let us not forget the Social Security system. Recent studies show that undocumented workers sustain the Social Security system with a subsidy as…

— Luis Gutierrez

They [ the government of Puerto Rico] are asking to be given the right to declare bankruptcy, which I think should be an option,…

— Marco Rubio

Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States.

— Sonia Sotomayor