Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

I see that both of you are concerned with the fact that the bill doesn't specify or describe the current status as territorial, as a territo...

The bill says, sovereignty in association with the United States.

The Popular Democratic Party believes in a political association with dignity, not colonial or territorial, between Puerto Rico and the Unit...

The issue is 'and has always been--how far does the Southern border of the U.S. extend into Latin America and the Caribbean.'