Luis Gutiérrez: “Pass the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act as soon as possible and together we can help make America a more perfect…”

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.

With lesser margins: laws are passed, judicial and executive appointments are confirmed and politicians, including presidents, are elected.

H.R. 1522 is the bill that respects the will of Americans who voted for statehood.

We have suffered enough.