Inspiration Quote by Ritchie Torres

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

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 franchise in…

— 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 your own…

— 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, which in…

— 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 them.

— 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 water we…

— Ritchie Torres

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