The answer is no. Yes, the people of Puerto Rico voted with a close margin in favor of statehood in November.

Making Puerto Rico a state is an irrevocable decision that will affect present and future generations.

Any attempt to move forward a petition to make Puerto Rico a state will further divide our people, without solving the underlying problem of our colonial relationship.

What does it mean supporting or voting for statehood. What does it mean? What are the implications?

I strongly oppose statehood. Like many in Puerto Rico, and many Members of Congress, we recognize that statehood is not good for Puerto Rico, nor will it be good for the United States.

Those are the things that people need to know before we vote, and that is something that only Congress can answer.

H.R. 2499 does not include this alternative. I totally agree with the petition from various factions in the sense that we have to express our preferences on the status issue.

For the reasons described above, we oppose H.R. 2499 and submit the Constitutional Assembly alternative as the most democratic and viable option to allow the People of Puerto Rico to express its will.

H.R. 2499 does not provide for a fair process.