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AGOSTINI 81 84 85 86
ARRAIZA 117
BENÍTEZ 76
BENITEZ 74 77
BHATIA 67 70 87 88 89 90
CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4
CINTRON-GARCIA 131
COLON 64 92 95 97 98 99
EDWIN IRIZARRY-MORA 107
ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4
FONALLEDAS 134
IRIZARRY 71
IRIZARRY-MORA 122
JOHN LAWRENCE 4
KENNEDY 13 51 52 53 54 92 93 96 124
128 130 134 138 144 148 152 153 157
LLOYD A. JONES 4
MANGUAL VELEZ 104 121 124
MARI 110 126
MARIE FABRIZIO-HOWARD 4
MARTIN-GARCIA 38 46 55 57
MCCLINTOCK-HERNANDEZ 128
MILLER 12 44 47 48 63 90 124 159
MIRANDA-MARÍN 77 80
MORALES-COLL 114
PIETRI 145 153 154 155 156 157
REICHARD 148
RODRIGUEZ 25
RODRIGUEZ-ORELLANA 100 125 127
RODRIQUEZ 49 56
ROMERO-BARCELÓ 18 59 60 61 62 64 67
71 74 76 77 80 81 83 84 85
86 87 89 90 92 93 94 96 99
153 154 155 156 157
T.E. MANASE MANSUR 4
TOTTI DEL VALLE 138
UNDERWOOD 15 54 55 97 98 99 100 104 106
110 114 117 120 124 125 126 127 157
VILA 31 32 48 51 52 53 54 59 60
61 62
VIZCARRONDO 86 87
YOUNG 7 8 13 14 17 24 31 32 38
44 48 50 54 59 62 63 87 88
89 90 120 121 122 124 158 160
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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 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
PAGE 12
STATEMENT OF THE HON. PATRICK J. KENNEDY, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM RHODE ISLAND
PAGE 13
STATEMENT OF THE hon. robert a. underwood, a u.s. delegate from the territory of guam
PAGE 15
STATEMENT OF THE HON. CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELÓ, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FROM THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLIE RODRIGUEZ, DESIGNEE FOR THE NEW PROGRESSIVE PARTY, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 25
STATEMENT OF THE HON. ANIBAL ACEVEDO VILA, PRESIDENT, POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAN JUAN, PUERTO
RICO
PAGE 31
STATEMENT OF THE HON. FERNANDO MARTIN-GARCIA, DESIGNEE FOR THE PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY,
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 38
STATEMENT OF RAFAEL HERNANDEZ COLON, FORMER GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO, PONCE, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 64
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE EDUARDO BHATIA, DESIGNEE FOR THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE-POPULAR
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SENATE OF PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE CARLOS VIZCARRONDO IRIZARRY, POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY, PUERTO RICO
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 71
STATEMENT OF PROFESSOR MARGARITA BENITEZ, AFELA, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 74
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM MIRANDA-MARÍN, THE MAYOR OF CAGUAS, CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 77
STATEMENT OF JUAN ANTONIO AGOSTINI, PRESIDENT, PAX CHRISTI-PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 81
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE MANUEL RODRIGUEZ-ORELLANA, DESIGNEE FOR THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
SENATE-PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY, SENATE OF PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE DAMARIS MANGUAL VELEZ, DESIGNEE FOR THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER-PUERTO
RICAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY, PUERTO RICO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF PROFESSOR EDWIN IRIZARRY-MORA, ECONOMIC ADVISOR, PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY,
PUERTO NUEVO, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF EMILIO A. SOLER MARI, PRESIDENT, PUERTO RICAN DEMOCRATIC ACTION FOUNDATION, SAN JUAN,
PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF EDUARDO MORALES-COLL, PRESIDENT, ATENEO PUERTORRIQUENO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 114
STATEMENT OF MANUEL FERMIN ARRAIZA, PRESIDENT, PUERTO RICO BAR ASSOCIATION, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PAGE 117
STATEMENT OF KENNETH McCLINTOCK-HERNANDEZ, DESIGNEE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SENATE OF
PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF HON. ANGEL M. CINTRON-GARCIA, DESIGNEE FOR THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, PUERTO RICO
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF ZORAIDA F. FONALLEDAS, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF ETIENNE TOTTI DEL VALLE, ESQUIRE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF IVAR PIETRI, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
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STATEMENT OF HECTOR REICHARD, ESQUIRE, PRESIDENT, PUERTO RICO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WASHINGTON, DC
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