I remind you that in Puerto Rico the FMAP we have, it is 55/45.

Tinkering around the edges of this problem will not suffice. Bold action that goes straight to the heart of the problem is required.

Fiscal reform is also required. The Puerto Rico government must live within its means and cut spending.

I look forward to the day when my constituents have the exact same rights and responsibilities as your constituents.

Unfortunately, our resident commissioner, Pedro Pierluisi, does not even issue one statement against whistleblower retaliation that occurs very often at this facility.

Yet, instead of open democratic self-determination, the ideological faction clinging to the status quo insists on obstructing the will of the people.

That is why a 54 percent majority voted to end the current status in the plebiscite of 2012.

The current economic crisis is a cruel manifestation that territorial status is not a sustainable model for the political economy of America's last large and populous territory.

This Congress must address the issue and consider enacting a bill to provide for the admission of Puerto Rico as a state.

We are, as a matter of fact, the world's last colony with more than 1 million (1,000,000) inhabitants.

The solid majority vote for statehood in 2012 cannot be ignored.