SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS 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 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS 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 PAGE 161 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING