Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon actually said...

"Let me be clear, there is nothing that this other legislation will offer to Puerto Rico that has not already been discussed in 123 years."

"The bipartisan H.R. 1522 would constitute Congress's response to our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico and provide a formal offer of statehood."

"Not only that--the bill shamelessly ignores the will of voters in Puerto Rico, ignores a legitimate democratic process, and ignores self-determination, despite the bill's misleading title."

"I am the one elected to represent them, and I am doing so by filing this bill."