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ALZAMORA 56 78 80 81 82 83 84
APONTE 21 47 50 51
BORGES 149 152
CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4
COLBERG-TORO 63 73
COSTAS 43 44
ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4
FERNOS-LOPEZ 156 157 158 171 172
FERRER 37
FONT 60 73 75
GALLISA 85 102
GERENA 153 156
GONZALES 141
GONZALEZ 122 139 141 142
GUZMAN 28 44 45
INOCENCIO 116
JARABO 67 71 72 74
JOHN LAWRENCE 4
LEBRÓN 96
LEBRON 101
LLOYD A. JONES 4
LOPEZ 142 143
LOPEZ-RIVERA 125
MÁRQUEZ 132
MARIE FABRIZIO-HOWARD 4
MCCONNIE 128 131
MILLER 10 39 42 43 44 45 49 76 85
86 93 96 101 106 109 112 113 114
115
MIRIAM J. RAMIREZ DE FERRER 17
MORALES 106 110 111 112
MURIENTE PEREZ 86 114 115
NEGRON-RIVERA 119
ORTIZ-GUZMAN 161
RAMIREZ DE FERRER 42 50
RAMOS 24 27 37 143 170 171
ROBLES 32 38
RODRIGUEZ 52
ROMERO-BARCELÓ 12 47 50 51 79 80 81
82 83 84 90 94 112 115 116 119
122 131 132 136 141 142 143 164 165
166 167 168 174
T.E. MANASE MANSUR 4
UBINAS 90 93 94 113 114
UNDERWOOD 11 45 47 52 55 60 63 67 71
72 73 74 75 78 84 110 111 112
141 168 170 171
VELASCO 146 165 166 167 168
VELGARA 94
VOICE 114
YOUNG 8 11 12 16 17 20 24 27 28
32 36 37 38 44 45 47 49 52
125 128 141 142 146 149 152 153 156
157 161 164 168 171 172 173 174 175
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STATEMENT OF THE HON. DON YOUNG, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM ALASKA; AND CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON
RESOURCES
PAGE 8
STATEMENT OF THE HON. GEORGE MILLER, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM CALIFORNIA
PAGE 10
STATEMENT OF THE HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, A U.S. DELEGATE FROM THE TERRITORY OF GUAM
PAGE 11
STATEMENT OF THE HON. CARLOS ROMERO-BARCELÓ, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PUERTO RICO
PAGE 12
STATEMENT OF DR. MIRIAM J. RAMIREZ DE FERRER, MD, PRESIDENT, PUERTO RICANS IN CIVIC ACTION,
MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 16
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE NESTOR S. APONTE, REPRESENTATIVE, PUERTO RICO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 21
STATEMENT OF ORESTE RAMOS
PAGE 24
STATEMENT OF MR. ARTURO J. GUZMAN, CHAIRMAN, I.D.E.A. OF PUERTO RICO, INC., SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 28
STATEMENT OF MS. BELEN B. ROBLES, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, EL
PASO, TEXAS
PAGE 32
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE JOSE GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ, MAYOR OF MAYAGUEZ, MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 52
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE ANTONIO J. FAS ALZAMORA, MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE-POPULAR
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SENATE OF PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 56
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE JORGE DE CASTRO FONT, REPRESENTATIVE, PUERTO RICO HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 60
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE SEVERO E. COLBERG-TORO, REPRESENTATIVE, PUERTO RICO HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 63
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE RONY JARABO, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE PUERTO RICO HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 67
STATEMENT OF JULIO A. MURIENTE PEREZ, PRESIDENT, PUERTO RICO NEW MOVEMENT INDEPENDENT PARTY, SAN
JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 86
STATEMENT OF ROBERTO CARDONA UBINAS, PRESIDENT, UNION PATRIOTIC NATIONAL, AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 90
STATEMENT OF FRANK VELGARA, CO-COORDINATOR, PRO-LIBERATED, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
PAGE 94
STATEMENT OF LOLITA LEBRÓN, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL PARTY OF PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 96
STATEMENT OF CARLOS GALLISA, HATO REY, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 102
STATEMENT OF EDGARDO MORALES, PROFESSOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO,
CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 106
STATEMENT OF HON. VICTOR GARCIA SAN INOCENCIO, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE
PARTY, PUERTO RICO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 115
STATEMENT OF ERICK G. NEGRON-RIVERA, TAX POLICY ADVISOR, PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE PARTY, PUERTO
NUEVO, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 119
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE FERDINAND LUGO GONZALEZ, REPRESENTATIVE, PUERTO RICO HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 122
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE CARLOS A. LOPEZ-RIVERA, PRESIDENT, MAYORS ASSOCIATION OF PUERTO RICO,
DORADO, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 125
STATEMENT OF JULIAN O. McCONNIE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, RIO PIEDRAS, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 128
STATEMENT OF JOAQUÍN A. MÁRQUEZ, ESQUIRE, SPRINGFIELD, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
PAGE 132
STATEMENT OF LUIS VEGA RAMOS, PRESIDENT, PROELA, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 143
STATEMENT OF RAMON L. VELASCO, ASSOCIATION OF PRO-COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEYS, BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 146
STATEMENT OF HECTOR QUIJANO BORGES, ASSOCIATION OF STATEHOOD ATTORNEYS, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 149
STATEMENT OF HON. JULIO CESAR LOPEZ GERENA, MAYOR OF HUACAO, HUMACAO, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 153
STATEMENT OF GONZALO FERNOS-LOPEZ, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO; AND ANGEL J. ORTIZ-GUZMAN, GUAYNABO,
PUERTO RICO
PAGE 156
STATEMENT OF ANGEL J. ORTIZ-GUZMAN
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