Aquí va el mensaje sugerido par motivar a otros Congresistas a unirse al HR 2000.
Pueden hacerle cambios a su estilo. Solo tiene que escribir el nombre del Congresista, y por su puesto toda la información al final del mensaje.

Sugiero lo pasen a sus contactos en Florida y en otros estados para que le escriban al Congresista de Distrito, etc

Hernan

The Honorable (Full Name)
(Room #) (Name) House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative……..,

I write to respectfully request that you support H.R. 2000, the Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act, as a co-sponsor. This bi-partisan bill responds to the historic referendum that took place last November in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico where 54% of U.S. citizen voters on the island said they did not consent to the current undemocratic territory status, and more voters expressed a desire for statehood than for any other status option. Given these momentous results the bill would provide for a federally authorized vote in Puerto Rico on the question of statehood and, if a majority of voters affirm Puerto Rico’s desire for statehood, it describes the stepsthat the President and Congress shall take.

Puerto Rico has been a territory of the U.S. for the past 115 years and its approximately 3.7 million residents have been U.S. citizens since 1917. Yet as a result of that transitional territorial status, U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico do not have a democratic form of government at the national level. They are disenfranchised in the election for the President and the Vice President of the U.S., are not represented in the U.S. Senate, and their one representative in the U.S. House of Representatives can only vote in committees of the House. Not only can they not vote for the officials who make and enforce their national laws, but they are also treated unequally under those laws a fact that has held the island and its people back from reaching their true potential.
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After the November plebiscite it’s clear that to the extent that the people of Puerto Rico had ever consented to the present territorial arrangement, that consent has now been withdrawn. The people of Puerto Rico have made countless contributions to the U.S. in times of peace and war, now Congress must show the U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico and the 4.7 million Puerto Ricans living stateside that America will respect the results of that democratic process.
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Providing an opportunity for these American citizens to vote in a federally authorized plebiscite on the question of statehood is the right thing to do and will strengthen America’s democracy, security and economy. To not take action would be an affront to the most fundamental principles, cherished values and worthiest traditions of the United States as stated in the American’s  Creed: “…agovernment of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed;  a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.”Therefore, I trust that you will give this matter due consideration and I thank you for that effort.
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Sincerely,
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