Luis Gutiérrez: “This legislation isn't going anywhere; isn't going to be approved in the Senate, it may not even be approved in the…”

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

Not allowed Representation in Congress to US Citizens

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…

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.