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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 well as voting power in Congress.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Affairs Amendment Congress National National Sovereignty Only Over Permanent Power Powers Puerto Puerto Rico Rico Sovereignty State Voting Well Will

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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 future political status aspirations accordingly.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Accordingly Act Aspirations Congress Does Empowered Express Future Job Own Political Puerto Puerto Rico Regard Residents Rico Self-Interest Status Will

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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, including the upside and the downside of each.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: About Downside Each Fear Including Instead Optimism Option Puerto Resolved Rico See Seek Should Status Those Truth Upside Want Who Why

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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 as Attorney General.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Attorney Attorney General Congress Did Emerged General Law Legislation Needed Political Receive Status Support Tenure Which

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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 of the United Nations.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Approved Because Clear Congress Even Experience Former Made Me More Nations Need Permanent Resolution Status United United Nations

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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 define the status of territories under their sovereignty.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: American Came Constitutional Define Highest Member National Nations Official Organization Processes Ranking Sovereignty States Status Territories Thoroughly Understand United United Nations I Came

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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 the Puerto Rican people under our federal system.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: After Federal First House House Of Representatives Hundred Hundred Years Meaningful Moved Our People Provide Puerto Puerto Rican Representatives Rican Route Rule Self-Determination States System United United States Years

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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 who seek to block that path.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Block Express For The People Now Path People Political Puerto Puerto Rico Rico Seek Self-Determination Some Status Who

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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 has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Arrest Been Borders Century Convergence Customs Economic Even Integration Island Nation National Political Political System Puerto Rest Rico State System Territory Though Within

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Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

~Dick Thornburgh

Topics: Approximately Billion Federal Per Program Puerto Puerto Rico Rico Services Year

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: July 16th, 1932

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