Pedro Pierluisi

I look forward to the day when the U.S. citizens that reside in Puerto Rico can vote for their national leaders.

Tinkering around the edges of this problem will not suffice. Bold action that goes straight to the heart of the problem is required.

I look forward to the day when Puerto Rico will be treated equally as a matter of right.

I therefore propose the following modification to the base erosion provisions: Until the expiration of the multi-year tax reduction agreements...

The core economic problem is lack of growth. So Puerto Rico must implement a strategy to increase capital investment.

The crisis in Puerto Rico is not new. The 3.5 million U.S. citizens I represent have endured it for many years.

Unfortunately, our resident commissioner, Pedro Pierluisi, does not even issue one statement against whistleblower retaliation that occurs very often at this facility.

The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million American citizens, stands at a crossroads. The Governor recently announced that Puerto Rico cannot pay all of its debts. The Governor's comments were not constructive because they…

Congress cannot in good conscience criticize Puerto Rico without acknowledging the fact that Congress shares culpability for the territory's problems.

I firmly believe independence is not the right economic answer to our situation.

the U.S. Government is not even funding----

It is way past the time when Congress and the President should have put an end to our disenfranchisement and to our being denied equal opportunities under the laws of our Nation.

The almost 4 million disenfranchised U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico count on your support to secure our equal rights and responsibilities.

That is why a 54 percent majority voted to end the current status in the plebiscite of 2012.

We ask Congress to end this tax abuse, and eliminate Section 933 of the Internal Revenue Code immediately.

I firmly believe that statehood, economically, is not the alternative.

The current economic crisis is a cruel manifestation that territorial status is not a sustainable model for the political economy of America's last large and populous territory.

How can Congress raise the issue of our non-payment of Federal income taxes when you know that we don't have the power to impose Federal income taxes on income earned in Puerto Rico?

To me, that is atrocious. It is unacceptable.

we are hopeful that the court will uphold the legality of the Recovery Act as a means of addressing Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis.

I want only for Puerto Rico to be treated equally.

I am sure that, once we put Puerto Rico on the path to statehood, we will grow, we will have a better quality of life, and our people will stay in Puerto Rico.

The problem is that we don't get action from Congress.

H.R. 727 is forceful and ambitious, because the days of half-steps and half-measures on this issue are over.

The problem, Mr. Sablan, is that as I was saying, in Alaska they held a referendum, a plebiscite, years before they came a state.