Luis Gutiérrez: “Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and thank you for holding this important hearing.”

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

We, the US Citizens of Puerto Rico; hereby let it be known, have had extensive patience awaiting for the United States Congress to resolve the status of Puerto Rico!

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

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…