Luis Gutiérrez: “Let's be clear, this bill will make our communities less safe.”

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

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.

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

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…