We have suffered enough.
I participated in that.
That's why we must respect Puerto Rico's vote and support H.R. 1522. Because only statehood will guarantee full and perm...
While they are quick to report that statehood won the November 2020 referendum with 52% of the vote, they routinely omit...
The people in Puerto Rico didn't take that referendum seriously.
We, the US Citizens of Puerto Rico; hereby let it be known, have had extensive patience awaiting for the United States C...
Gutierrez, Luis, Former Representative, Illinois' 4th District, Chicago, Illinois.
Statehood is what gives it to us while they diminish and undermine the rights of the LGBTQ community in Puerto Rico.
Not allowed Representation in Congress to US Citizens
To pretend to continue a fruitless and pointless discussion by including independence or free association in a self-dete...
It would be a shame if this Congress were to end without heeding the voice of the people.
It is legal fiction which assumes that the people of Puerto Rico somehow will exercise their sovereignty and choose what...
Statehood means complete protection of the U.S. Constitution to more than 3 million Americans.
There can be no freedom without popular sovereignty; in America the people govern.
Absolutely not. Let's remember something. This was not part of the campaign in November.
My bill is the only bill that offers a clear, transparent, inclusive, and democratic way for Puerto Ricans to be informe...
Do not be deceived by the fact that only because we speak Spanish and we enjoy the freedoms of this United States, that ...
This must also be taken together with the fact that Puerto Ricans have never favored independence.
