Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

I respectfully request that the final budget account for these grants to Puerto Rico.

Requesting budget considerations for Puerto Rico's financial assistance.

03/10/2009

More Pedro Pierluisi Quotes

Puerto Rico and its creditors are on the same ship. We are going to sail safely to shore together, or we are going to sink together.

The bill cannot fix every disparity Puerto Rico faces, because only statehood can do that.

Only in war time is it treated equally.

I think that what we are doing now is putting a Band-Aid on a major issue.