Jun 23, 2015
If you give us the same rights and responsibilities as our fellow American citizens, and let us rise or fall on our merits, we will rise.
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.
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Jun 23, 2015
Puerto Rico is a territory. If it does not wish to remain a territory, it can become a state or a sovereign nation.
Jun 23, 2015
Thus, I have introduced a comprehensive bill to essentially provide Puerto Rico with state-like treatment under Medicaid and Medicare.
Jun 23, 2015
Every informed observer understands that territory status is the root cause of the economic, social and demographic crisis in Puerto Rico
Jun 23, 2015
Our Nation is being ridiculed for its hypocrisy in spending billions of dollars and putting its young men and women in harm's way to bring democracy to people who don't want it or don't understand it, while at the same time they deny…
Jun 23, 2015
Territory status is the root cause of the crisis in Puerto Rico, because Puerto Rico is treated unequally under Federal programs.
Jun 23, 2015
my constituents cannot vote for president, are not represented in the Senate, and have one non-voting delegate in the House
Jun 23, 2015
I have a bill before this Congress proposing to fix all these disparities we have in Medicaid, Medicare.
Jun 23, 2015
There is no legal basis for assigning a meaning to blank ballots on the second question in the 2012 vote.
Jun 23, 2015
You are absolutely right, Madam Congresswoman. That is exactly what we are doing. We are following the path of Alaska and Hawaii.
Jun 23, 2015
Puerto Rico, with all due respect to the District of Columbia, is not the District of Columbia.
Jun 23, 2015
Puerto Rico's full potential for economic success and job creation will not be realized until economic uncertainty generated by the island's unresolved political status is replaced by stability.
Jun 23, 2015
the Constitution gives Congress a license to treat Puerto Rico worse than the states under Federal law
Jun 23, 2015
In 2012, the government of Puerto Rico sponsored a referendum in which a majority of voters rejected Puerto Rico's current territory status.
Jun 23, 2015
Regarding the status issue, as you well know, statehood won the 2012 plebiscite.
Jun 23, 2015
It takes real patriotism to fight for a nation you love, but one that does not treat you equally.
Jun 23, 2015
I have introduced a bill in Congress to give Puerto Rico state-like treatment under Chapter 9.
Jun 23, 2015
I strongly believe that the people of Puerto Rico should similarly be given the opportunity to exercise their right to establish a permanent unalterable relationship with the United States or to become an independent country controlling…
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