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Sample message on H.R. 2499, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act:

Home to nearly 4 million Americans, Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory for 112 years and its residents U.S. citizens since 1917. Since joining the American family over a century ago, the Island’s residents have never been given the opportunity to express their views—in the context of a fair and orderly vote sponsored by Congress—as to whether Puerto Rico should remain a U.S. territory or should seek a non-territorial status.

Now, through H.R. 2499, The Puerto Rico Democracy Act, Congress has the opportunity to extend one of our nation's most basic principles - government by consent of the governed - to the 4 million fellow Americans living in the Island who cannot vote for president and do not have voting representation in Congress.

The Puerto Rico Democracy Act would authorize an initial up or down vote on the island's current territorial status. If a majority favors the current status, the government of Puerto Rico could ask voters this threshold question again in eight years. If a majority of voters favor a different political status, the government of Puerto Rico would be authorized to conduct a second plebiscite among the four status options recognized under U.S. and international law: independence; statehood; “sovereignty in association with the United States,” which is typically called “free association”; and the current territorial status.

The bipartisan bill passed (223-169) the U.S. House on April 29, and is currently pending in the Senate following a May 19 hearing before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

H.R. 2499 should receive the support of all Americans who believe support for democracy should begin at home. I urge my Senators and President Obama to get behind this legislation. After 112 years under the U.S. flag, justice requires that the people of Puerto Rico be allowed to determine their political future in a fair and orderly vote sponsored by the federal government.

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