SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
3:00 p.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 900 (Serrano), To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico. "Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007"
• H.R. 1230 (Velazquez), 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

Honorable C. Kevin Marshall
Co-Chair of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Political Status
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
U.S. Department of Justice

Panel II

Honorable Anibal Acevedo Vila
Governor
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Former Member of U.S. Congress
President
Popular Democratic Party

Mr. Ruben Berrios Martinez
President
Puerto Rican Independence Party

Honorable Pedro Rossello
Former Governor and current Senator
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
President
New Progressive Party

Panel III

Honorable Kenneth D. McClintock
President
Puerto Rican Senate

Honorable Jose Aponte-Hernandez
Speaker
Puerto Rican House of Representatives

Honorable Jose L. Dalmau-Santiago
Senate Minority Leader
Popular Democratic Party

Honorable Hector Ferrer-Rios
House Minority Leader
Popular Democratic Party

Panel IV

Mr. Fernando Martin
Executive President
Puerto Rican Independence Party

Mr. Nestor Duprey
Spokesman
Puerto Ricans for Free Association and Social Justice (MAS)

Honorable Carlos Romero Barcelo
Former Governor
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Former Member of U.S. Congress

Mr. Juan Manuel Garcia Passalacqua
Lawyer
Writer
Political Analyst