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

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

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.

It is Imperative that Congress eliminate the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico.

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…