Pedro Pierluisi said "Discussion of status is a way to ignore and to keep ignoring the real issue: denial of voting rights, denial of participating in our nation's democratic process and denial of economic equality and opportunities for Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 31, 2013

Discussion of status is a way to ignore and to keep ignoring the real issue: denial of voting rights, denial of participating in our nation's democratic process and denial of economic equality and opportunities for Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico.

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Pedro Pierluisi

Democratic · Puerto Rico

Source

congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Pierluisi argues that discussing status distracts from voting rights and economic equality issues.

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