pro mesa also puts a board in place that controls the island's budget, financial plan, regulations andre's senator bernie sanders' thoughts on the bill. >> the united states of america should not treat puerto rico as a colony. we cannot and must not take away the democratic rights of the 3.5 million americans of puerto rico and give virtually all power on that island to a seven-member board. we must not allow that to happen. ♪ >> of course, the bill passed anyway. thanks, obama. but i still miss you. you can represent puerto rico on the board, but you don't have a voting share. >> that's right, more or less like everything that congress does with puerto rico. for example, we don't have congressman, but we have a non-voting delegate. we have a guy that gets to go there and complain, yet he can't do anything about it. >> gets to be in the room. >> gets to be in the room except when they have to vote, and they say, excuse you, you don't get to be in the vote. >> some people feel like they're being treated liked children. >> it's fundamentally unfair. take, for example, if barack obama wer