Luis Gutiérrez: “Gutierrez, Luis, Former Representative, Illinois' 4th District, Chicago, Illinois.”

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

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

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…