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Gutierrez Reacts To Racist Twitter Attacks On President and Mrs. Obama by Sr Puerto Rico Official
August 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL-4) wrote President and Mrs. Obama a letter on Wednesday expressing his outrage at a racist Tweet attributed to the top Advisor to the Speaker of the House in Puerto Rico. He also wrote the Speaker calling for the advisor's termination. In the letter to the Obamas, the Congressman, a Chicago-born Puerto Rican, said: continue reading »
Gutierrez on Puerto Rican People: “You will not silence them, and you will not silence me” (VIDEO)
March 2, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As we reported a week or so ago, a debate emerged in the US House of Representatives between Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Chicago Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez over the Congressman's right to address issues affecting Puerto Rico on the floor of Congress. continue reading »
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez Denounces Civil Rights Violations in Puerto Rico (VIDEO)
February 17, 2011 | by Kimberly Kipp | Latino Daily News
Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to call national attention to the developing civil rights crisis in Puerto Rico. In recent months, continue reading »
