FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: to receive testimony on the proposed Constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands; S. 2941; H.R. 3940; and H.R. 2499 (Hearing Room SD-366). OVERFLOW ROOM, SD-628.

May 19, 2010
09:30 AM
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the proposed Constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands; S. 2941, the Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2010; H.R. 3940, an act to amend Public Law 96-597 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants and other assistance to facilitate political status public education programs for the peoples of the non-self-governing territories of the United States; and H.R. 2499, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010 (Hearing Room SD-366). OVERFLOW ROOM, SD-628.

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Witness Panel 1

Witness Panel 2

  • The Honorable Luis Fortuno

    Governor
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  • The Honorable Héctor Ferrer Ríos

    President
    Popular Democratic Party
  • The Honorable Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez

    President
    Puerto Rican Independence Party

Witness Panel 3

  • The Honorable Donna Christensen

    U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Mr. Gerald Luz James II

    President
    Fifth Constitutional Convention of the Virgin Islands
  • Mr. Jonathan G. Cedarbaum

    Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    Department of Justice
  • The Honorable John M. Silk

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Office of the President and Cabinet
    The Republic of the Marshall Islands
  • Mr. Nikolao Pula

    Director of the Office of Insular Affairs
    U.S. Department of the Interior