Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is...#Dick Thornburgh
The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent...#Dick Thornburgh
The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive...#Dick Thornburgh
The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear...#Dick Thornburgh
The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers...#Dick Thornburgh
Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed...#Dick Thornburgh
It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity...#Dick Thornburgh
Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents...#Dick Thornburgh
Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental...#Dick Thornburgh