It should come as no surprise then that senior Puerto Rican Members of Congress, to wit: The Chair of the Hispanic Caucus and Chairwoman of the Small Business Committee Nydia Velazquez and Congressman Luis Gutierrez from Chicago do not support this bill.
Luis Gutierrez highlights opposition from Puerto Rican Congress members to the bill.
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It is called the creation of Las Carpetas where over 100,000 advocates of Puerto Rican independence were monitored.
What got me into politics was the fight for the independence of Puerto Rico.
We have held a more than one referendum in which the majority of the people have voted, unequivocally for statehood.
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