Speeches

Speeches 2011 & 2012
Speeches 2009 & 2010

Recent Speeches

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Five-Minute Floor Speech on the Results of the November 2012 Status Plebiscite in Puerto Rico

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Speech to Puerto Rico Chapter of Federal Bar Association on Status Plebiscite in Puerto Rico

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Five-Minute Floor Speech on the November 2012 Status Plebiscite in Puerto Rico

Tuesday, September 6, 2012

Video-Taped Remarks at Puerto Rico Student Art Exhibit at U.S. Department of Education

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Transcript of Floor Debate on H.R. 1550, the Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Congressman Pierluisi’s Floor Speech in Support of His Legislation, H.R. 1550, the Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Press Conference of Former Prosecutors Regarding Holder Contempt Vote and Gun Trafficking

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Questions to DEA Administrator Michelle Leonhart, House Judiciary Subcommittee Oversight Hearing

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Remarks of Congressman Pierluisi, “Connecting Puerto Rico”, A Puerto Rico Broadband Taskforce Briefing

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Remarks of Congressman Pierluisi, Bipartisan National Police Week Press Conference

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Floor Speech on H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Remarks of Congressman Pierluisi, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Press Conference on the House Republican Proposal to Cut Federal Funding for Puerto Rico’s Medicaid Program by 65 Percent

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Recorded Remarks Delivered to the 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Symposium

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Five-Minute Floor Speech on Draft ATSDR Report Regarding Health and Environmental Risks in Vieques

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Recorded Remarks Delivered to the Club de Puertorriqueños de San Francisco, Inc.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

One-Minute Floor Speech on Puerto Rico Hospital Reimbursement Equity Act of 2012

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Recorded Remarks at the Puerto Rico Health and Insurance Conference Regarding Health Care in Puerto Rico

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

One-Minute Floor Speech on Pierluisi Legislation to Extend SSI Program to Puerto Rico

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Five-Minute Floor Speech on Pierluisi's Proposed "Caribbean Border Initiative"

Monday, October 17, 2011

Remarks at Puerto Rico Education Summit on the Importance of Bilingual Education

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Five-Minute Floor Speech on the Puerto Rico Investment Promotion Act of 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

Remarks Delivered at Washington Center Symposium on "Lobbyists, Legislators, and Policymakers"

Monday, September 12, 2011

Remarks Delivered at Congressional Forum on "Puerto Rico at its Political Crossroads"

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Five-Minute Floor Speech on Health Care in Puerto Rico: Historic Progress and Continuing Challenges

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Five-Minute Floor Speech on Improving the Federal Grant Process

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Five-Minute Floor Speech on Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners in Puerto Rico and Across Our Nation

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Remarks on the Need for Alternatives to Prison for Nonviolent Drug Offenders, Delivered at the National Symposium on Pretrial Justice

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Five-Minute Floor Speech on the Need for Increased Efforts to Recruit and Retain Federal law Enforcement Officers

Friday, May 20, 2011

Remarks on Economic Ties Between Puerto Rico and Florida, Delivered at the Summit on Puerto Rico Affairs

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Speech Delivered to The Center for Puerto Rico Equality & Advancement (CPREA)

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Remarks at the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities' 9th International Conference

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Remarks on ARRA Funding and Broadband Deployment at the Inauguration of the Puerto RIco Bridge Initiative

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Remarks to League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Upon Being Awarded 2011 National Legislative Award

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Speech Delivered to the Medicare and Medicaid Symposium in San Juan, Puerto Rico