Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló threatened to withhold testimony from a U.S. House committee later this month if lawmakers don’t apologize for a snide remark on Twitter, Bloomberg reported. At a press conference in San Juan, Rosselló said that the tweet in question — "Call your office, @ricardorossello" — was disrespectful toward him and the people of Puerto Rico. It seemed to suggest he was hard to reach at a critical time for the U.S. territory, but he said a member of his team had been in contact with the committee throughout the week. The one-liner accompanied a copy of a formal invitation to testify on July 25. The committee, which has been keeping tabs on the island as it goes through bankruptcy, wants him to travel to Washington to comment on the apparent disarray at the government-run power utility, known as PREPA, which is a key part of the fiscal crisis. "What the House Committee on Natural Resources did … showed a major lack of respect for me and the people of Puerto Rico," Rosselló said. "If they’re going to joke around without seriousness, they can count us out."
