The Puerto Rican electorate served notice last November that they do not wish to continue being governed in the way and through the institutions and laws that, by their own accord, govern them currently.

Simply put, statehood, for American citizens, is the American way.

I'm not pro-statehood that will make Puerto Rico a Latino ghetto.

The bill provides that the President shall submit an admission bill admitting Puerto Rico as a State within the period of 180 days.

What the PDP has been proposing for a long time now is that the relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S. be based on a compact or treaty that cannot be changed by either party, must be changed by mutual agreement.

We are proud American citizens. If you poll in Puerto Rico whether people want to continue having their American citizenship, it's going to be like 80 or 90 percent again.

By definition when you pose a question that's a yes or no question you're not excluding anybody...

Congress must take action.

You cannot solve the problem of our status by including the very option that was rejected by our people.

To expect a Presidential Administration to feel the same obligation to support Puerto Rico as it does the states is to substitute hope for experience.

On November 6th, Puerto Rico withdrew its consent to territory status. The federal government must respect--and respond to--the democratically expressed will of its own citizens.