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We are watching. The world is watching to see if our civil rights will continue to be violated and by whom.

Democracy will not be denied.

The status quo is dead and the democratic will of the people of Puerto Rico is undeniable.

There is nowhere to hide anymore, this Congress has the responsibility to act, and act now.

They would be our gladiators. They would be fighting for us whenever we face a natural disaster.

The ball is in Congress' court. It is time for Congress to address this issue.

Nine out of ten American citizens living in Puerto Rico are proud American citizens. I am talking about Puerto Ricans.

Definitely. That is what we are talking about mostly. It has economic development implications, quality of life implications, but at its heart this is a civil rights issue.

We had not had a majority vote, a clear-cut majority vote in a long time in dealing with the status of Puerto Rico.

Thank you, Mr. Gosar, for yielding and always in helping Puerto Rico in many of the issues and tasks.

We will enrich this nation when the time comes, and we become the 51st state of the Union.

You will get an overwhelming vote from the people of Puerto Rico accepting it.

Once Puerto Rico settles its political status once and for all, I am sure and I have no doubt our economy will prosper.

Puerto Ricans are not immigrants. Puerto Ricans are American citizens.

We are seriously underfunded as we speak. We do not cover 100 percent of the population falling below the poverty level in Puerto Rico in our Medicaid Program.

All those people that campaigned and voted against the statehood bill in the yes-or-no questions in November, do they have the right to overcome that majority?

People of the island cherish American citizenship, and that is the reason in the last three plebiscites, statehood has won those plebiscites.

The issues of Puerto Rico have been discussed for more than 100 years.