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Former prisoner Luis Rosa, back to camera, welcomes Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera upon arrival for a press conference on El Escambron Beach following Lopez's release from house arrest after decades in custody, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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Fiscally Irresponsible in Puerto Rico Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Rafael Campos of Puerto Rico hits the ball out of the bunker on the 1st hole during the final round of the Puerto Rico Open PGA golf tournament in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Sunday, March 26, 2017. Campos finished the round among the top 10 players. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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Bill Lunde walks thru the green during the Puerto Rico Open final round in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, March 26, 2017. Lunde ended his round in a third place draw with Retief Goosen (South Africa) and Bryson Dechambeau (U.S.). (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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D.A. Points celebrates after making his last putt on the 18th hole winning the Puerto Rico Open final round in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, March 26, 2017, the 40-year-old american third PGA Tour title. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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D.A. Points celebrates after making his last putt on the 18th hole winning the Puerto Rico Open final round in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, March 26, 2017, the 40-year-old american third PGA Tour title. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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Sam Saunders of the U.S. release stress moments before making his last putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the Puerto Rico Open PGA golf tournament in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Sunday, March 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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D.A. Points celebrates after making his last putt on the 18th hole winning the Puerto Rico Open final round in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, March 26, 2017, the 40-year-old american third PGA Tour title. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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D.A. Points celebrates after making his last putt on the 18th hole winning the Puerto Rico Open final round in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, March 26, 2017, the 40-year-old american third PGA Tour title. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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D.A. Points celebrates after making his last putt on the 18th hole winning the Puerto Rico Open final round in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Sunday, March 26, 2017, the 40-year-old american third PGA Tour title. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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D.A Points poses for the camera with his trophy after winning the Puerto Rico Open in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Sunday, March 26, 2017, the 40-year-old american third PGA Tour title. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT-NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo, surfers park at Wilderness Beach, in Aguadilla, a lush corner in northwest Puerto Rico that has remained largely untouched since Christopher Columbus landed there in his second voyage to the New World. As developers want to build in the area the stakes are especially high because Puerto Rico has already lost so much of its once lush coast in the boom-and-bust economic cycles that have defined its modern history.(AP Photo/Danica Coto)
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This Jan. 13, 2017 photo, shows the ocean view from the Ferro Port lighthouse, at Verdiales Key point on the south coast of Vieques island, Puerto Rico. Vieques, off the east coast of Puerto Rico, boasts gorgeous beaches, turquoise waters and a stunning bioluminescent bay. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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In this Dec. 16, 2016 photo, Puerto Rico resident Michelle Flandez holds her two-month-old son Inti Perez, diagnosed with microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Experts estimate it can cost several million dollars to care for a baby with Zika-related birth defects, and one of the biggest concerns is babies like Inti could develop other disabilities as they grow, burdening Puerto Rico's already strained health system breaking under an exodus of doctors fleeing for the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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In this Dec. 16, 2016, photo, Puerto Rico resident Michelle Flandez covers with a blanket her 2-month-old son Inti Perez, diagnosed with microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Experts estimate it can cost several million dollars to care for a baby with Zika-related birth defects, and one of the biggest concerns is babies like Inti could develop other disabilities as they grow, burdening Puerto Rico's already strained health system breaking under an exodus of doctors fleeing for the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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In this Oct. 24, 2016 photo, patients wait their turn at one of the Medical Center external clinics in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A steady departure of medical specialists from Puerto Rico has turned into a stampede amid the island's ongoing economic crisis leaving patients with few doctors to take care of their ills. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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Illustration on the financial failure of Puerto Rico by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Puerto Rico Debt Restructure Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration on Puerto Rico's financial crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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A "discussion draft" by Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah Republican, to be released Tuesday would give the House a starting point to address Puerto Rico's $70 billion plight.
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