“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

Political Quotes

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.

Quotes by year · 2009–2022578 total · peak 2015 (160)
2009: 28 quotes2010: 33 quotes2011: 39 quotes2012: 56 quotes2013: 70 quotes2014: 12 quotes2015: 160 quotes2016: 86 quotes2021: 35 quotes2022: 59 quotes
Jun 23, 2009

the real consensus here is that many of those people who don't want the people of Puerto Rico to have a real vote to decide our future want us and want this Committee to continue the delay of that purpose

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Jun 23, 2009

The ballot results will speak for themselves.

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Jun 23, 2009

the Resident Commissioner in Congress from Puerto Rico

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Jun 23, 2009

The Popular Democratic Party believes in a political association with dignity, not colonial or territorial, between Puerto Rico and the United States.

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Jun 23, 2009

I am describing statehood. There is nothing wrong with that, but it is just the language used.

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Jun 23, 2009

I agree with now-President Obama. This bill, 2499, doesn't deal with either issue, either citizenship or a transfer of Puerto Rico to a foreign nation.

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Jun 23, 2009

We are Puerto Ricans first. Second, sovereignty. Sovereignty is the right of the people to choose.

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Jun 23, 2009

This strong bipartisan support is proof positive that Puerto Rico's status dilemma troubles men and women of conscience all along the political spectrum.

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Jun 23, 2009

I want to convey my gratitude to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and to Congressmen Dan Burton, Patrick Kennedy, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, and Alan Grayson, all of whom have been such strong champions of H.R. 2499.

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Jun 23, 2009

I support statehood, because I believe the people of Puerto Rico have earned the right, should they choose to exercise it, to become full and equal citizens of the United States.

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Jun 23, 2009

The bill says, sovereignty in association with the United States.

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