On October 3, 2017, the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) sent a letter to Mitchell McConnell, Majority Leader of the Senate, Paul… Read More »Financial Oversight and Management Board Requests Maximum Assistance from Congress
Members of Congress continued to express their support for Puerto Rico in remarks on Tuesday, October 3. In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Minority… Read More »Members of Congress Continue to Discuss Relief for Puerto Rico
In response to the Hurricane Maria disaster that has devastated Puerto Rico, the territory’s federally-named Financial Oversight and Management Board has dropped its demand that… Read More »Board Changes Worker Furlough Plan, Steps up Pressure for Enhanced Federal Assistance
Members of Congress continued to express their support for Puerto Rico on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives last Thursday. On the… Read More »Members of Congress Continue to Speak Out for Puerto Rico Assistance
New Jersey Senators Bob Menendez (D) and Cory Booker (D), led a group of eight of their colleagues in writing to Senate Majority Leader Mitch… Read More »Menendez Leads Senate Democrat Letter Urging GOP Leadership to Help Puerto Rico
The Republican National Committee approved on Friday a resolution affirming equal citizenship for all Americans. The resolution was tailored to the United States territories of… Read More »RNC Passes Resolution Affirming Equal Citizenship for All Americans – Including Residents of U.S. Territories
In an article in The Hill, Carlos Mendez, the new Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, promised that the November election ushered in… Read More »Carlos “Johnny” Mendez Promises “A New Way of Governing”
It appears increasingly likely that legislation to address Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis will be voted on by the House of Representatives next week. Earlier today, the… Read More »Puerto Rico Legislation to be Considered by U.S. House of Representatives Next Week
After years of grassroots efforts, the Congressional Gold Medal will be awarded to the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Regiment, the Borinqueneers, Wednesday, April 13th, 2016,… Read More »Borinqueneers to be Honored at Capitol
