What I bring to Congress is not a college degree or credentials, what I'm going to bring to Congress is the wisdom… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
What's the point of winning the presidency and the Senate and the House if we cannot pass legislation, if we're hopelessly hamstrung… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Life as an introverted politician has been a challenge, but I have mastered it. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I never thought I would be elected to office because in truth I am an introvert in a business mostly designed for… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Congress is a long game. It takes a long time to wield influence in Washington, D.C. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
You know, the Democratic Party is the party that believes in governing, and we are hamstrung by the filibuster. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Instead of dividing community support, ranked choice voting gives every candidate, no matter who they are, the chance to be a real… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
With ranked choice voting, every vote matters more than ever before, and it matters to every single candidate. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
The structure of the Senate concentrates power in a small subset of states that are much whiter, much more rural, much more… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
When Jose Serrano first entered the United States Congress, I was only two. So, the fact that I'm succeeding him at age… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
There's a romanticized vision of the filibuster as the best hope for bipartisanship it's given us nothing but gridlock. It has made… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Ranked choice voting isn't a silver bullet that will turn our politics into some Platonic ideal. We still might not love the… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
My younger self could not imagine standing on the floor of Congress as a member of Congress voting on legislation that, if enacted, would… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
I am both black and Latino - there's no need to artificially barricade one from the other. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
Exercising dominion over Puerto Rico, as the U.S. has done for more than a century - without granting Puerto Ricans the full franchise in… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
Racial identity is chosen and given. It is as much a product of the world's perception of you as it is of your own… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
I lived in public housing and had to struggle with depression and substance abuse. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
With a multi-billion dollar market capitalization, crypto is here to stay. It's not going anywhere. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
I spent almost all my life in poverty, raised by a single mother who had to raise three children on minimum wage, which in… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
I'm grateful for the blessing and burden of public service; I promised my constituents that I would work my heart out for them. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
I take an expansive view of infrastructure. For me, infrastructure is more than roads and bridges. It's about the quality of the water we… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
New York City should and must embrace crypto if it is to remain the financial capital of the world. We no longer live in… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
I feel no shame in admitting that I take an antidepressant every day. That enables me to be a productive public servant who's risen… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
There's a sense in which the media narrative diminishes me. I resist the temptation to fit into a preconceived narrative. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
My openness about depression is rooted in my lived experience as an LGBTQ person. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share
