Luis Gutiérrez

Pass the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act as soon as possible and together we can help make America a more perfect Union.

We, the US Citizens of Puerto Rico; hereby let it be known, have had extensive patience awaiting for the United States Congress to resolve the status of Puerto Rico!

Not allowed Representation in Congress to US Citizens

The United States Congress, which imposes rules, out of our control, which make it impossible to get our act together.

The US citizens of Puerto Rico public must be heard!

Congress must grant us the equal rights and equal responsibilities that we have earned with the blood of our veterans and the tears of their mothers, wives, children and families.

If you really believe in democracy, justice, government by the consent of the governed, you must not hesitate any further or give any more excuses.

So, don't let anyone tell you that statehood will somehow diminish our cultural pride and heritage.

We are natural born U.S. citizens and want an equal seat at the table in the federal government that writes and implements the laws that we live under.

To turn around and tell voters to go back to the drawing board and re-define multiple other options which the majority has rejected three times in the last eight years in favor of statehood, would not only be insulting to us, but…

A majority of voters in Puerto Rico have requested statehood, now Congress must respond by officially offering it and allowing voters on the island to ratify their choice in a binding vote.

Congress must immediately end its inherently colonial territorial rule over Puerto Rico, because it violates America's values of democracy, equal justice under the law, and government by the consent of the governed.

If we are Americans, as we are, we should be listened to--that is the beauty of democracy.

I would like to get that opinion.

The issue for me is full disclosure and transparency.

We cannot let this go by. We cannot allow this to continue to happen.

The Statehood Party in Puerto Rico thinks it is fine to use the N-word.

The civil code was just changed recently in Puerto Rico to undermine same-sex marriages.

Statehood is what gives it to us while they diminish and undermine the rights of the LGBTQ community in Puerto Rico.

It is called the creation of Las Carpetas where over 100,000 advocates of Puerto Rican independence were monitored.

We have an opportunity to rectify Puerto Rico's long-standing colonial status which has resulted in its people being treated as second-class citizens.

There should be no territories in this country. We need to move this issue forward one way or another.

We are going to ultimately decide on one status. But let's remember this is irrevocable.

I participated in that.