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I REPRESENT 4 MILLION CITIZENS. SECONDLY, SOME OTHER ISSUE THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE. THE MEETING TODAY WITH SECRETARY KATHLEEN SIBELIUS, AND ALSO SECRETARY...
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TO DO. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING I WAS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. THERE IS A BILL PROVIDING FOR A CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE PLEBISCITES...
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PROGRAMS THAT ENCOMPASS HEALTH CARE. MEDICAID, MEDICARE, COBRA
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AND SCHIP -- EVEN THOUGH WE PAY TAXES, WE DID NOT PRODUCE A BIG FULLY. WHEN YOU COME FROM A TERRITORY, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. WE ARE WILLING TO CARRY...
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CONTRIBUTION WHERE AS THE MINIMAL STATES ARE 50% AND FOUR STATES WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, IT
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IS 83%. SO WE ARE PUTTING UP FOR THE REST AT THE STATE LEVEL. THAT AFFECTS THE HEALTH CARE OF MY CONSTITUENTS. SEPARATELY, ON MEDICARE, MEDICAL PROVIDERS,...
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8% TO 10% OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT COVERED WITH
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ANY INSURANCE. WE SHOULD PROVIDE SOME SORT OF INSURANCE FOR THEM. PERHAPS THE STATE WILL HAVE TO PAY PART OF THE COVERAGE, PERHAPS THEY CAN PUT UP SOME...
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WHY IS IT STILL A TERRITORY? GUEST: AFTER 111 YEARS BEING PART OF THIS GREAT NATION, AND OVER 90 YEARS OF BEING U.S. CITIZENS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL U.S....
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THAT HAS TO BE A POLITICAL WILL BOTH IN PUERTO RICO AND CONGRESS. WE NEVER BEEN ASKED EVER BY CONGRESS WHAT IS OUR PREFERENCE. WHAT I'M
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ADVOCATING FOR IS HR 2489, TO ASK IS WHETHER WE WANT TO CHANGE. HOST: HOW YOU ASK? GUEST: IT SHOULD BE A DIRECT QUESTION POSED TO THE VOTERS. HOST: DO...
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ROUND, THE SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS WOULD BE
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WHAT STATUS TO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A STATE, INDEPENDENT
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REPUBLICS -- REPUBLIC, OR A SOVEREIGN NATION -- THREE OPTIONS
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ARE ACCEPTABLE UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOTERS KNOW THAT NO ONE TINKERED WITH THOSE DEFINITIONS....
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HOST: WHAT KIND OF RECEPTION HAVE GOTTEN FROM DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS, DID THEY SUPPORT? GUEST: THIS BILL IS SUPPORTED BY 100 DEMOCRATS AND 50 REPUBLICANS...
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THAT HAS JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORIES, AND THAT WENT WELL. THE CHAIRMAN FROM WEST VIRGINIA STATED HE WOULD HAVE A MARKUP SESSION PRETTY SOON.
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GUEST, -
SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE BILL WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THAT TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE, AND BY THEN HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE CLOSER TO 200 CO-SPONSORS. THAT IS...
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PROCESSES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AND IRAN, AND HOW COME WE
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WILL NOT DO IT WITH 4 MILLION U.S. CITIZENS, CITIZENS WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO ACTUALLY DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY? ACTUALLY THERE ARE MORE ACTIVE IN...
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PROFIT. NUMBER TWO, WE SHOULD START TAXING CHURCH PROPERTY. THEY SHOULD BE HELPING WITH HEALTH CARE AND THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE TAXED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
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WHEN THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN OPENING IN THE 1990'S, MANY CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE ORGANIZING TRIPS AND I WENT ON ONE OF THE TRIPS....
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DOCTORS ARE GETTING PAID WAY TOO MUCH. TOPICAL KNOW, MICHAEL JACKSON WHO JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, THEY JUST REPORTED THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOCTOR AT A...
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LOWERING COSTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE PREVENTION. HEALTH CARE PREVENTION IS SOMETHING IN THIS COUNTRY WE ARE NOT...
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2010. TO GET YOUR REFERENCE -- MESSAGE OUT REGARDING STATEHOOD FOR PUERTO RICO, AND ALSO JUST BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE IT WOULD...
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VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TWO SENATORS AND ONE VOTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS REPRESENTING THEM. IF THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA MOVED TO PUERTO...
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FIRED NEARLY 8000 GOVERNMENT WORKERS FRIDAY, THE START OF A WAVE OF LAYOFFS AS THE ISLAND STRUGGLES THROUGH
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RECESSION. IN THE FIRST ROUND INCLUDED MOSTLY TEMPORARY CLERICAL WORKERS. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE NEEDS TO CUT 30,000 PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS ON AN ISLAND...
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TAXPAYER IS CARING AND OF THE BURDEN ALREADY COME AND I AM VERY SORRY ABOUT HAVING TO CUT. WE ARE TRYING TO CUT EVERYWHERE I CAN. I HAVE CUT DOWN ON...
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HEALTH CARE, THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO US ON THE WAR. TALKING ABOUT A DO NOTHING CONGRESS THAT BUSH HAD, AND NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A CONGRESS THAT...
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WORLD WAR, AND IN BOTH GULF WAR'S END AS THEY ARE DOING TODAY AND AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. IN THAT SENSE, ACTUALLY I HAVE OVER 150,000 VETERANS IN PART 3...
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YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BORROW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY BORROW AND CALL THAT BUSINESS AS USUAL. ACTUALLY THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CREATE WEALTH, IT ONLY CREATES...
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PUERTO RICO. YOU WERE ALLUDING TO THE NEWS, BEING FORCED TO CUT DOWN IN OUR WORK FORCE IN THE GOVERNMENT, AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND OTHER WAYS AS WELL....
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SAY THAT. I HAVE READ SOME OF WHAT SHE HAS PUBLISHED AS OPINIONS, AND SHE IS
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SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY A BALANCED JURIST IN THAT SENSE. SO I HAVE FAVORED SONIA SOTOMAYOR'S NOMINATION AND I HOPE SHE GETS CONFIRMED. HOST: ON THE REPUBLICAN...
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GUEST: WE ALL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO. HOST: DEMOCRATIC LINE, TOMMY FROM OKLAHOMA. CALLER: HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS MORNING? FIRST OF ALL,...
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STATE YET? I DON'T UNDERSTAND, IF THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO WAR FOR US ALL
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OF THESE TIMES, WHY HAS IT NOT BECOME A STATE? ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A CLEAR HEAD AND VISION. YOU SAID EARLIER THAT YOU...
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HOSPITAL ON A REGULAR BASIS. I WOULD VISIT WITH EVERY SOLDIER I WOULD RUN INTO. CERTAINLY I WAS VISITING MY CONSTITUENTS AT THE SAME TIME. AND EVERY...
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