Puerto Rico and Congress: Rhetoric and Facts
On November 30, Senator Orrin Hatch, the powerful chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, made some remarks outlining his “concerns regarding several proposals aimed at addressing the growing debt crisis in Puerto Rico.” While we agree with Senator Hatch’s calls for openness on all sides, good faith, and setting aside opportunistic political rhetoric, we do find some of his remarks to be rather disappointing and, in some instances, frankly quite puzzling.