Luis Gutiérrez: “I think that I am looking forward to those studies and making sure that the public has a broad understanding of those…”

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…

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