The Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board “is actively working to assess how” the 10-year fiscal adjustment plans for the Government of Puerto Rico… Read More »Board Seeks New Fiscal Plans in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
U.S. senators who visited Puerto Rico Saturday had differing reactions to the requests and the territory’s needs. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called for “a plan,… Read More »U.S. Senators React to Puerto Rico Visit
Senators Nelson (D-FL), Schumer (D-NY) and Cantwell (D-WA) led a group of 26 Senate Democrats yesterday in sending a letter to the White House outlining their… Read More »Senate Democrats Outline Top Priorities for Rebuilding Puerto Rico, USVI
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) went to the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday to compel the federal government to provide much needed disaster relief to… Read More »Gillibrand Shares Constituent Concerns about Puerto Rico Disaster Relief in the Senate
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 60th national Puerto Rican Day Parade is scheduled for June 11th, the same day as the status referendum vote in Puerto Rico. The parade… Read More »Oscar Lopez Parade Controversy
PROMESA, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, was signed into law by the president last week after receiving resounding votes in both… Read More »How Each State Voted on PROMESA
Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) were joined by 44… Read More »Cantwell, Reid Turn to McConnell for Action on Puerto Rico
Two bills to resolve the financial problems of Puerto Rico were introduced by Republicans in the U.S. Congress yesterday. The legislative proposals were introduced after Senate… Read More »Senate Proposal Calls for U.S. Control in Puerto Rico
