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Nydia Velázquez actually said...

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06/18/2019

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"The myth of non-territorial commonwealth has long prevented Puerto Ricans from reckoning with the constitutional reality that the only alternatives to being a territory are statehood and independence."
"If there were a compact, Congress would no longer have the power to modify Puerto Rico's government unilaterally."
"The answer is NO."
"Yet it deprives them of an offer of statehood, which they have never had, they just asked for, and only Congress can deliver."

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Nydia  Velázquez

in office

usa, New York

864 Quotes

Born3/28/1953 (age 72)

PartyDemocratic

  • U.S. House of Representatives

    1/5/1993 - present
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