To end this inequality, we urge you to cosponsor and support H.R. 1522/S. 780, Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act.

We deeply appreciate our relationship with the United States of America.

H.R. 1522 offers proven medicine that will put an end to citizen disenfranchisement and inequality to Puerto Rico

the Puerto Rico Admission Act was filed under H.R. 1522, by our Resident Commissioner, Jennifer Gonzalez and Florida Representative Darren Soto.

In one bill and one vote, we can empower Americans in Puerto Rico to solve these inequities at once.

the least that Congress can do is to respect the will of the majority of voters of Puerto Rico that have demanded equality and extend a formal offer of statehood

We want statehood now.

I humbly ask that in considering this issue you not only use your minds, and your reason, but that you look into your hearts for the right thing to do.

Puerto Rico must accept their reality as a colony.

We have voted for statehood many, many, many times.

If Puerto Rico had already been a state... the Federal Government's response would have been very different

The Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act authored by Congressman Darren Soto.

It has taken 120 years for Puerto Ricans to get to this moment, and it is time to give Americans in Puerto Rico one last binding referendum to choose whether to be admitted as a state or not.

H.R. 1522 and S. 780 respect the will of voters in Puerto Rico.

There is no question at this point that having two U.S. Senators and four voting Members of Congress would have helped them greatly through these crises.

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