Puerto Ricans push for Statehood for the territory September 14, 2022- Washington, D.C. Today, citizens in favor of Puerto Rico Statehood held a press conference in front of the World War II Memorial after marching through the streets of Washington, D.C., to call upon Congress to pass H.R. 8393, a bipartisan bill aimed at granting the U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico the opportunity to decide their political future and relationship with the United States.
The group included Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón, the sole representative for Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress; Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi; Puerto Rico state senator Keren Riquelme; former Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives of José Aponte; members of the Shadow Delegation; citizens advocates, including veterans; and elected officials from Puerto Rico.
“I’m very proud to stand with this group of leaders, veterans, and advocates, most of them my constituents from Puerto Rico, to support and call for passage of H.R. 8393, the Puerto Rico Status Act. I was proud to work alongside colleagues to draft a compromise bill that puts us on a clear and definitive path towards solving the Island’s political status dilemma. As Puerto Rico’s sole representative in Congress, I will continue fighting for the Island’s 3.2 million Americans and our quest to end over one hundred years said the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Jenniffer González-Colón.
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