Moreover, territory status gives the Federal Government license to discriminate against Puerto Rico.
I have to protect the right of the pro-independence people to have their option on the ballot.
Territory status should not be an option because it has failed.
For the first time ever, this is important.
There is consensus that territory status is the root cause of the economic problems that have persisted in Puerto Rico for at least 4 decade...
What the PDP has been proposing for a long time now is that the relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S. be based on a compact or treat...
We are proud American citizens. If you poll in Puerto Rico whether people want to continue having their American citizenship, it's going to ...
By definition when you pose a question that's a yes or no question you're not excluding anybody...
It's about time you start speaking frankly to the Puerto Rican people.
In the 21st century, in the most democratic nation on earth, this is astonishing.
In closing, I want to make this point. ... it is more important for me to secure justice for my people than it is for me to be polite.
Self determination is a choice among options that can be implemented not an exercise in wishful thinking.
a YES or NO plebiscite for statehood is to be held.
No Senator would accept territory status for their constituents. So you must respect that my constituents do not accept it either.
It is a basic issue of democracy, which requires representative government--a right we lack at the national government level.
It is fundamental: whether Puerto Ricans will continue to be Americans and obtain equality within the country or become the people of a sepa...
The territory's status is the central issue of the islands, which have a population of nearly 3.7 million.
Congress has unintentionally enabled a minority in Puerto Rico to confuse and frustrate a local decision among Puerto Rico's status options.
