Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

My constituents are hurting and they are seeking a hand up, not a hand out.

Pierluisi emphasizes the need for support rather than mere assistance for Puerto Ricans.

01/11/2016

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I know Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez suffers through them every day in her tenure in Congress.

Is anyone in your committees wishing to sentence another generation of Puerto Ricans to broken families and certain poverty?

The time for patient study, delay tactics, committees, and task forces is over. Democracy has spoken. Let her live!

The problem with H.R. 2070 is the following: it clearly ignores the vote that just happened.