Luis Gutiérrez: “We cannot let this go by. We cannot allow this to continue to happen.”

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

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.

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.