Pedro Pierluisi
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Pedro R. Pierluisi is the current Governor of Puerto Rico, having assumed office on January 2, 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served as the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017. Pierluisi has focused on issues such as economic development, education reform, and the recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria. His leadership has been marked by efforts to address Puerto Rico's fiscal challenges and promote its political status. Pierluisi has also been an advocate for statehood for Puerto Rico, emphasizing the need for equal treatment of Puerto Ricans under U.S. law.
Jun 23, 2015
I firmly believe the United States has to be part of the solution to Puerto Rico's economic and debt crises.
Jun 23, 2015
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.
Jun 23, 2015
We want to make sure that whatever the people vote on is something real, something possible.
Jun 23, 2015
Whether we demand equality or not, it is the Congress and the President's duty, as leaders of the world's greatest democracy, to put an end to this inequality and denial to participate in our Nation's democracy.
Jun 23, 2015
The 3.5 million U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico get it. That is why a 54 percent majority voted to end the current status in the plebiscite of 2012.
Jun 23, 2015
Puerto Rico has always been treated in discriminatory fashion under Federal health programs
Jun 23, 2015
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.
Jun 23, 2015
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?
Jun 23, 2015
we are hopeful that the court will uphold the legality of the Recovery Act as a means of addressing Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis.
Jun 23, 2015
This Congress must address the issue and consider enacting a bill to provide for the admission of Puerto Rico as a state.
Jun 23, 2015
as long as Puerto Rico remains a territory--without equal treatment under Federal programs, forced to borrow heavily to make up the difference and without the ability to vote for the national leaders who regulate our economy--the island…
Jun 23, 2015
That is why a 54 percent majority voted to end the current status in the plebiscite of 2012.
Jun 23, 2015
We ask Congress to end this tax abuse, and eliminate Section 933 of the Internal Revenue Code immediately.
Jun 23, 2015
We are tired and increasingly upset to have to plead and beg for equal terms in Federal grants for education for our children.
Jun 23, 2015
Quality of life is deteriorating incredibly fast. I see a bright future for Puerto Rico, because of the potential, the capacity of our people.
Jun 23, 2015
Congress has authorized each state government to permit its insolvent municipalities to adjust their debts under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code, but has not authorized Puerto Rico to do so.
Jun 23, 2015
Puerto Rico has been denied these tools far too long, and as long as our options are defined by the powers of this Congress, we will always be at your mercy.
Jun 23, 2015
Yes, the permanent solution to Puerto Rico's economic problems, social problems, is equal rights, is equality.
Jun 23, 2015
Puerto Ricans have only me, a Resident Commissioner. I can debate, I can speak, but I cannot vote on the Floor--and I represent 3.5 million American citizens.
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