Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

Yes, we must stop begging for equality and demand it loud and clear and belligerently, if need be.

To me, that is atrocious. It is unacceptable.

My bill, which has 108 co-sponsors--including me, 109--basically has a two-step process.

Yes, the permanent solution to Puerto Rico's economic problems, social problems, is equal rights, is equality.