Ritchie Torres

Your home is supposed to be a sanctuary.

— Ritchie Torres

My father was born in Puerto Rico.

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I'm a legislator at heart; I'm a fighter at heart.

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I have overcome. That's the story of the Bronx.

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I'm a Bronx boy to the core.

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I don't hire ideologues or zealots.

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

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I never thought life would take me on a journey from the Bronx to Washington, D.C.

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I want to break the stigma, the silence and shame that often surrounds mental illness.

— Ritchie Torres

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

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The South Bronx has long been ground zero for racially concentrated poverty.

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There's no topic on which I face more hatred and harassment than on the subject of Israel.

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I can serve as a role model and inspiration to people who see their lives and experiences in mine.

— Ritchie Torres

We have to isolate Putin's regime as a pariah state, and we have to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

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

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Most of the people in the South Bronx are practical rather than ideological. Their concerns are bread and butter, health and housing,…

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The investing public has a right to know which corporations are doing business in Russia, which has become a dangerous place to…

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The America COMPETES Act is a bold and comprehensive piece of bipartisan legislation that will ensure the competitiveness and security of the…

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I am grateful for the tireless efforts of Hunger Free America and join them in calling to increase federal funding for anti-hunger…

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There's a romanticized vision of the filibuster as the best hope for bipartisanship it's given us nothing but gridlock. It has made…

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

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

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Like Native Americans and African-Americans, women and LGBTQ people, Puerto Ricans should be seen as part of the same overarching struggle for…

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

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We cannot allow ourselves to be silenced by an overbearing Twitter mob, dominated by the extremes of American politics. If we, in…

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

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

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The structure of the Senate concentrates power in a small subset of states that are much whiter, much more rural, much more…

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I was a 24-year-old, Afro-Latino, gay kid struggling to fully come to terms with his sexual identity, and terrified to run as…

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Ranked choice voting isn't a silver bullet that will turn our politics into some Platonic ideal. We still might not love the…

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Equality has long been the end goal of historically oppressed populations in the United States.

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No one has handed me anything on a silver platter. I've had to fight for everything that I have in my life.

— Ritchie Torres

The gun violence epidemic is out of control and it's a crisis that is too glaring to ignore.

— Ritchie Torres

I've had family members entangled with the criminal justice system.

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

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I was raised by a single mother who raised children on minimum wage.

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Congress is a long game. It takes a long time to wield influence in Washington, D.C.

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

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You know, the Democratic Party is the party that believes in governing, and we are hamstrung by the filibuster.

— Ritchie Torres

My story is the story of the Bronx, a story of overcoming.

— Ritchie Torres