Barack Obama actually said...

"Failure to act now to fix mistaken status policy for Puerto Rico made decades ago would be yet another mistake of historic proportions."

"President Obama explicitly rejected the legal conclusions contained in the Task Force Reports"

"During his campaign, President Obama made a commitment that his Administration would openly engage the people of Puerto Rico in engineering a 'genuine and transparent process of self-determination tha..."

"You and the Mexican people have a full and committed partner in the United States."