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In 1995, the General Accounting Office estimated statehood would cost the U.S. Treasury another $3 billion in annual benefits.
When the issue of a Puerto Rican statehood referendum was debated in Congress a couple of years ago, someone wrote to the Washington Post warning that statehood for Puerto Rico would mean creating "our very own Quebec" unless the Commonwealth adopted an official English policy.
(Indeed, some members of Congress have proposed adoption of English as the official language as a prerequisite for statehood.)
American critics oppose statehood on fiscal grounds.
The agreement requires the withdrawal of Israeli troops from parts of the West Bank and calls on both sides to refrain from taking unilateral action, which ensures the Palestinians won't declare statehood and the Israelis won't build settlements in the West Bank or Gaza Strip.