Luis Gutiérrez

It is a political tool that has been used by the resistance ad memoriam.

The only bill that does that is the bill presented by Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and Ocasio-Cortez.

The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021 represents the only genuine democratic legislation about Puerto Rico's status before the 117th Congress.

Puerto Rico is a nation, a colonized nation, but a nation nonetheless.

If we truly want to solve the issue of status for the island, we need to give Puerto Ricans the tools to design a true self-determination process.

My bill is the only bill that offers a clear, transparent, inclusive, and democratic way for Puerto Ricans to be informed on the consequences of becoming a state or on any other future status.

While they are quick to report that statehood won the November 2020 referendum with 52% of the vote, they routinely omit that a mere 55% of the Puerto Rican electorate took part.

Puerto Rico is a nation, a colonized nation.

As the Island's sole representative in Congress, I've introduced multiple bills to achieve this and will continue to advance these efforts.

That's why we must respect Puerto Rico's vote and support H.R. 1522. Because only statehood will guarantee full and permanent equality for the 3.2 million Americans on the Island.

Gutierrez, Luis, Former Representative, Illinois' 4th District, Chicago, Illinois.

In 2020, a PNP representative used the N-word in the Puerto Rico chamber.

The ousted and disgraced former governor Ricardo Rossello called former speaker of the New York City Council Melissa Mark Viverito a 'puta.'

The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021 (H.R. 2070) represents the only genuinely democratic legislation about Puerto Rico's status before the 117th U.S. Congress.

Statehood does not eliminate poverty. What eliminates poverty is the fight against income inequality, raising the minimum wage, and fighting for social justice.

This is a party that demands and says we come before the Congress of the United States demanding equal rights and demanding that our civil rights are protected, but they don't protect the civil rights and the human rights of the people of…

Representatives Nydia Velazquez and Alexandria Cortez are the embodiment of Lola Rodriguez de Tio and Mariana Bracetti.

There hasn't been a free debate and discussion.

Serious questions regarding whether Amazon should be selling its technology to law enforcement at this time.

I am stating here publicly that it is under my watch now, it is my responsibility, and, moving forward, it is a priority.

I am taking full responsibility, making sure that we, by the end of the year, have--we are implementing the systems that we can adequately be able to report what activity collectively.

They want to impeach you and indict you and get rid of you. They want to undermine this investigation.

$25 billion as ransom for Dreamers, with cuts to legal immigration and increases to deportations doesn't pass the laugh test. It would be far cheaper to erect a 50-foot concrete statue of a middle finger and point it towards Latin America…

If you really want to reach an agreement between people who believe in immigration and believe the system should be reformed and improved, and those who want to shutdown immigration forever in this country, you're never going to reach a…

We need a wall. We need billions of dollars for a wall. We need you to end what he calls chain migration.