COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
10:00 a.m.

• Official hearing transcript

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 2499 (Pierluisi), To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico. "Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Dan Burton (IN-05)
Member of Congress

The Honorable Alan Grayson (FL-08)
Member of Congress

Panel II

The Honorable Luis G. Fortuño
Governor of Puerto Rico

Panel III

The Honorable Carlos Romero-Barceló
Former Governor of Puerto Rico (1977-1982)

The Honorable Héctor Ferrer Ríos
President
Popular Democratic Party

The Honorable Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez
President
Puerto Rican Independence Party

Panel IV

The Honorable Thomas Rivera Schatz
Senate President
Senate of Puerto Rico

The Honorable José L. Dalmau Santiago
Minority Leader
Senate of Puerto Rico

The Honorable Jenniffer González Colón
Speaker
Puerto Rico House of Representatives

The Honorable Eduardo Bhatia Gautier
Designee of the House Minority Leader