On October 24, 2017, members of Congress wrote a letter to Secretary of Education, Betsy Devos, and Director of Office of Management and Budget, Mick… Read More »Members of Congress Recommend Steps to Get Puerto Rico Schools Back on Track
On Thursday September 28, 2017, the Natural Resources Committee Democrats sent a letter to chairman Rob Bishop requesting an oversight hearing on the administration’s response… Read More »Natural Resources Committee Democrats Request Oversight Hearing
Last night, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to end the exemption of investment firms in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories that do exclusive… Read More »U.S. Senate OKs Puerto Rico Investment Bill
The Puerto Rico financial control board in a closed meeting late yesterday rejected both the $9.256 billion budget for the territory’s central government for the… Read More »Puerto Rico Board Rejects Budget and PREPA Deal
The Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB), created by the PROMESA law, has been the subject of a number of complaints and concerns… Read More »Congress Continues to Influence Puerto Rico Financial Board
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday to require investment companies located in Puerto Rico and other U.S. possessions to adhere to federal registration requirements… Read More »House Passes U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act
The Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives has released its list of witnesses for its oversight hearing, “The… Read More »Witnesses Announced for March 22 Hearing on PREPA
The following is the third in a series of posts regarding the bi-partisan effort that led to the enactment of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management,… Read More »PROMESA Support: Greater Hispanic-American Community
On Wednesday, May 25th, the House Natural Resources Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Rob Bishop (D-UT), passed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic… Read More »Competing Reactions to the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)
