Do not be deceived by the fact that only because we speak Spanish and we enjoy the freedoms of this United States, that the majority will immediately choose to be one way or the other; democrat or republican.

In 2020, a PNP representative used the N-word in the Puerto Rico chamber.

While they are quick to report that statehood won the November 2020 referendum with 52% of the vote, they routinely omit that a mere 55% of the Puerto Rican electorate took part.

Puerto Rico is a nation, a colonized nation, but a nation nonetheless.

Nydia Velazquez's bill is based on the pillar of what? Respecting other people's opinion and bringing about consensus.

I denounced on the House floor the homophobic and transphobic slurs and policies of Thomas Rivera Schatz.

I ask you, what more does it take to make the will of my people be Heard?

United we stand, and divided we fall.

To pretend to continue a fruitless and pointless discussion by including independence or free association in a self-determination process, is a mockery of the democratic vote of Puerto Ricans.

We are going to ultimately decide on one status. But let's remember this is irrevocable.

Statehood is what gives it to us while they diminish and undermine the rights of the LGBTQ community in Puerto Rico.