Hoyer Statement on the Puerto Rico Election

WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the election in Puerto Rico this weekend:  

"The voters who participated in Puerto Rico's status referendum expressed an unambiguous desire to continue seeking a future in common with the United States as an equal member of our union.  I hope Congress and the Administration will listen to those voices and enable Puerto Rico to become the fifty-first state.  Its people - already American citizens – deserve full and equal representation in the Congress and equal treatment by federal agencies."