Luis Gutiérrez: “I want this program, and I know you want--you have dedicated your public lives to this program. I want it to work.”

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.

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.

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