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 effectively serve as a form of voter suppression.
Gutierrez criticizes Congress for potentially undermining Puerto Rico's statehood decision.
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To pretend to continue a fruitless and pointless discussion by including independence or free association in a self-determination process, is a mockery of the democratic vote of Puerto Ricans.
Statehood means complete protection of the U.S. Constitution to more than 3 million Americans.
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.
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