Barack Obama actually said...

"I'm looking forward to us getting busy and getting to work."

"The most fundamental function of all governments is to ensure the safety of their citizens and maintain law and order."

"As President, I will actively engage Congress and the Puerto Rican people in promoting this deliberative, open and unbiased process, that may include a constitutional convention or a plebiscite, and m..."

"I encourage Congress to insist upon a real self-determination mechanism that will not force statehood upon the people of Puerto Rico."