FULL COMMITEE HEARING on the political status of Puerto Rico was held on August 1, 2013 by the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (SD-366 Senate Dirksen Building). The purpose of this hearing was to receive testimony on the November 6, 2012 referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico and the Administration’s response. The webcast archived video of this hearing is available on the committee’s website:

http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings-and-business-meetings

Dr. Hernán Padilla and Alfredo Castellanos, Esq. have prepared a letter in response to Response to this Hearing. Mr. Castellanos has also previously sent a letter addressing this issues. Both letters are available below (click on each page to enlarge) as well in a pdf version for download. Please feel free to share these letters and join the discussion via our Facebook, Twitter and Google plus profiles:

PDF Download: Letter 1 and 2 (4.3MB)

Letter 1: Response to Public Hearing of August 1, 2013 of the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources by Dr. Hernán Padilla and Alfredo Castellanos, Esq. (August 9th, 2013)

Letter 2: Puerto Rico as 51st State of The Union – Hearings in the the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources by Alfredo Castellanos, Esq. (June 20th, 2013)