"I am a proud co-lead along with Representative Nydia Velazquez on H.R. 2070, which is the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act."
"Our bill does not oppose statehood whatsoever."
"Puerto Rico as an island does, in fact, have a right to a fair and democratic self-determination process."
"Puerto Ricans deserve to have the full facts and information about what not only the statehood bill contains but also what that transition would mean because we cannot make these decisions with a lack..."
"I am not aware that we had any intelligence indicating that hundreds of individuals were going to storm the Capitol."
"It seems as though there may have been either a failure to collect intelligence on this insurrection prior to it happening or failure to act on intelligence that we may have had."
"I'm sick and tired of the constant vilification intentional mischaracterization in public targeting of Ilhan Omar coming from our caucus."
"the Biden administration`s immigration policy writ large is not working. It`s wrong and it`s inhumane."
"if playing patty-cake with GOP senators is really worth the dismantling of people’s voting rights, setting the plan on fire, allowing massive corporations and the wealthy did not pay their fair share ..."
"I think that those of us and those Democrats who really acknowledge the existential threat and the assault on the right to vote -- and really, when I say recognize it, I mean, they`re putting the piec..."
"But the other aspect of this is that H.R.1 stands up against lobbyists and dark money. And I would reckon to think that this is probably just as much a part of Joe Manchin calculus as anything else."