Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually said...

There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen there. Hello, hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you.

Ocasio-Cortez emphasizes her responsibility to communicate with the public during the hearing.

05/13/2025

More Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes

a true decolonization process exempts the current territorial status.

This bill, if passed, will not immediately admit Puerto Rico as a state.

Our bill, H.R. 2070, contains, guarantees, and mandates a full information campaign so that Puerto Ricans will know what they are voting for...

Puerto Rico as an island does, in fact, have a right to a fair and democratic self-determination process.