Puerto Rico is, and always has been, a U.S. territory, and Congress retains plenary power to govern the island.
Now that Puerto Ricans have publicly and officially asked for statehood, it is time for the United States officially to offer it.
Let's take the sword as once the young American Republic started to lead the free world.
The federal government systematically discriminate against American Citizens, not only on the island, but in all the five populated territor...
Only one of those options would guarantee U.S. citizenship: statehood.
There are two, and only two, real self-determination options for Puerto Rico: statehood and independence.
I am strongly inclined to Mr. Soto's and Miss Gonzalez-Colon's proposal, but it does trouble me...
The status convention offers a fourth option, or actually I would say a Pandora's Box of options.
Puerto Ricans, American Citizens from the island, are still waiting for that promise to be fulfilled.
It is great to be able to put those two processes side by side and to debate the merits of each one.
It is unclear why electing delegates to lifetime terms, to define what status options are available, is necessary.
If enacted, the Puerto Rico voters would need to ratify being admitted to the Union.
I sincerely hope that we can return to work in person soon.
a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas.
I have been hearing a lot of talk about a rushed process, but looking at the data, this process has taken 20 years.
The Republicans have no agenda. They have no platform. All they can give you is canceling Major League Baseball, Lil Nas X, Cardi B, and Meg...
This is their way of saying, for once we`re going to actually be out ahead of something and be a leader in the sports community.
This bill is a Trojan horse for major tax hikes on American workers and families. It spends more money on things like electric vehicles than...
