Committee on Resources
105th Congress
Monday, April 21, 1997
10:00 a.m.
Mayagez, Puerto Rico

AGENDA

Hearing on H.R. 856, to provide a process leading to full self-government for Puerto Rico. "United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act"

Opening Statement of Chairman Don Young

WITNESSES

PANEL 1

Dr. Miriam J. Ramirez de Ferrer, MD, President, Puerto Ricans in Civic Action, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Written Statement).

The Honorable Nestor S. Aponte, Representative, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Oreste Ramos, former Senator, Puerto Rico Senate, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Mr. Arturo J. Guzman, Chairman, I.D.E.A. of Puerto Rico, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ms. Belen B. Robles, National President, League of United Latin American Citizens, El Paso, Texas

PANEL 2

The Honorable José Guillermo Rodriguez, Mayor of Mayagez, Managez, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Antonio J. Fas Alzamora, Minority Leader of the Senate-Popular Democratic Party, Senate of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Jorge de Castro Font, Representative, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Severo E. Colberg-Toro, Representative, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Rony Jarabo, former Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, Popular Democratic Party, San Juan, Puerto Rico

PANEL 3

Mr. Julio A. Muriente Pérez, President, Puerto Rico New Movement Independent Party, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Mr. Roberto Cardona Ubiñas, President, Union Patriotic National, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Ms. Lolita Lebrón, President, Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Mr. Frank Velgara, Co-Coordinator, Pro-Liberated, New York, New York

Mr. Carlos Gallisá, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

Dr. Edgardo Morales, Professor of Organizational Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, Caguas, Puerto Rico

PANEL 4

The Honorable Victor Garcia San Inocencio, House Minority Leader-Puerto Rican Independence Party, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

Mr. Erick G. Negrón-Rivera, Tax Policy Advisor, Puerto Rico Independence Party, Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Ferdinand Lugo González, Representative, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Carlos A. Lopez-Rivera, President, Mayors Association of Puerto Rico, Dorado, Puerto Rico

Mr. Julian O. McConnie, Jr., Attorney at Law, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Joaquin A. Marque, Esq., Springfield, Commonwealth of Virginia

 

PANEL 5

Mr. Luis Vega Ramos, President, PROELA, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

Mr. Ramon L. Velasco, Association of Pro-Commonwealth Attorneys, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Mr. Hector Quijano Borges, Association of Statehood Attorneys, San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Honorable Julio César López Gerena, Mayor of Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico

Mr. Gonzalo Fernós-López, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Mr. Angel J. Ortiz-Guzmán, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico