Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon actually said...

"The territory's status is the central issue of the islands, which have a population of nearly 3.7 million."

"Congress has unintentionally enabled a minority in Puerto Rico to confuse and frustrate a local decision among Puerto Rico's status options."

"It is fundamental: whether Puerto Ricans will continue to be Americans and obtain equality within the country or become the people of a separate nation."

"It is a basic issue of democracy, which requires representative government--a right we lack at the national government level."