Ritchie Torres

My younger self could not imagine standing on the floor of Congress as a member of Congress voting on legislation that, if…

— Ritchie Torres

I am both black and Latino - there's no need to artificially barricade one from the other.

— Ritchie Torres

I've had to face housing insecurity and food insecurity.

— Ritchie Torres

Exercising dominion over Puerto Rico, as the U.S. has done for more than a century - without granting Puerto Ricans the full…

— Ritchie Torres

I don't hire ideologues or zealots.

— Ritchie Torres

Racial identity is chosen and given. It is as much a product of the world's perception of you as it is of…

— Ritchie Torres

I lived in public housing and had to struggle with depression and substance abuse.

— Ritchie Torres

With a multi-billion dollar market capitalization, crypto is here to stay. It's not going anywhere.

— Ritchie Torres

I spent almost all my life in poverty, raised by a single mother who had to raise three children on minimum wage,…

— Ritchie Torres

I'm grateful for the blessing and burden of public service; I promised my constituents that I would work my heart out for…

— Ritchie Torres

I take an expansive view of infrastructure. For me, infrastructure is more than roads and bridges. It's about the quality of the…

— Ritchie Torres

New York City should and must embrace crypto if it is to remain the financial capital of the world. We no longer…

— Ritchie Torres

I feel no shame in admitting that I take an antidepressant every day. That enables me to be a productive public servant…

— Ritchie Torres

There's a sense in which the media narrative diminishes me. I resist the temptation to fit into a preconceived narrative.

— Ritchie Torres

My openness about depression is rooted in my lived experience as an LGBTQ person.

— Ritchie Torres

The South Bronx has long lacked high-quality park space for recreation and community gathering.

— Ritchie Torres

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

The defund police movement is dead in New York City - and good riddance. And any elected official who's advocating for the…

— Ritchie Torres

We have to create and preserve enough affordable housing to meet the demand, because the affordability crisis is imposing a hardship on…

— Ritchie Torres

Whenever I'm about to enter a new setting - like the New York City Council in 2014 or Congress in 2021 -…

— Ritchie Torres

A comprehensive decolonization of Puerto Rico is long overdue.

— Ritchie Torres

With ranked choice voting, every vote matters more than ever before, and it matters to every single candidate.

— Ritchie Torres

Through bipartisan contributions and key provisions from the House Financial Services Committee, the COMPETES Act will bolster the economic security of our…

— Ritchie Torres

The security and integrity of software bought by DHS is integral to homeland security.

— Ritchie Torres

I partnered with the LGBT Chamber of Commerce to persuade America's largest city to adopt a certification program for LGBTQ enterprises.

— Ritchie Torres