Nydia Velázquez actually said...

"However proponents of this alternative approach to label it, anything short of statehood is colonial and unequal."

"It would be cruel to have our people, the constituents I represent, go through years of endless debates and back and forth engagements with Congress, only to be left out in the end with no response to..."

"any such process needs to be fair, inclusive, and democratic."

"the present political status should change."