Luis Gutiérrez: “I want to remind my colleagues that we were very careful to define the FIO in such a way that limits any negative impact…”

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

We are natural born U.S. citizens and want an equal seat at the table in the federal government that writes and implements the laws that we live under.

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.

Congress must grant us the equal rights and equal responsibilities that we have earned with the blood of our veterans and the tears of their mothers, wives, children and families.