Luis Gutiérrez: “However, we must also consider expanding the scope of this idea to assist our local businesses and nonprofits.”

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.

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…

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

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