SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, March 22, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 900, To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico. "Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007"
• H.R. 1230, To recognize the right of the People of Puerto Rico to call a Constitutional Convention through which the people would exercise their natural right to self-determination, and to establish a mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision. "Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2007"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I
 
Mr. Kenneth Thomas
Congressional Research Service

Professor Carlos I. Gorrin Peralta
Puerto Rico's Inter-American University School of Law

Mr. Ramon Luis Nieves
Executive Director
Movimiento Autonomista Socialdemocrata

Professor Richard Pildes
New York University School of Law

Mr. Thomas C. Goldstein
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

Panel II

Mr. Manuel Mejia
Chairman
Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Enrique Baquero
President
Puerto Rico Foundation for Democratic Action

Mr. Jose Luis Fernandez
President
Inter American Entrepreneurs Association

Panel III

Mr. Jorge Pedroza
State Council President
Vietnam Veterans of America

Mr. Luis E. Gonzalez Vales
Official Historian of Puerto Rico

Ms. Veronica Ferraiuoli
President
Puerto Rico Chapter of the Federal Bar Association

Ms. Celina Romany
President
Puerto Rico Bar Association

Ms. Aida Diaz
President
Puerto Rico Teachers Association