ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF PUERTO RICO'S STATUS:EDUARDO A. BHATIA

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: May 19, 1998 | Copyright information

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Statement of the Popular Democratic Party Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources U.S. Senate

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CHANGES IN THE POLITICAL STATUS OF PUERTO RICO

Presented by Senator Eduardo A. Bhatia

Washington, D.C.

May 19, 1998

Good morning, buenos dias, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I am Eduardo Bhatia, a member of the Economic Development Task Force of the Popular Democratic Party and a Senator of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Seating next to me

is Mr. Santos Negron, a distinguished Puerto Rican ...

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