Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate One Hundred Sixth Congress
S. HRG. 106-127 PUERTO RICO POLITICAL STATUS HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION TO CONSIDER THE RESULTS OF THE DECEMBER 1998 PLEBISCITE ON PUERTO RICO MAY 6, 1999 Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 58-874 CC WASHINGTON : 1999 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-059377-8 COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, Alaska, Chairman PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico DON NICKLES, Oklahoma DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado BOB GRAHAM, Florida CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming RON WYDEN, Oregon GORDON SMITH, Oregon TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota JIM BUNNING, Kentucky MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana PETER G. FITZGERALD, Illinois EVAN BAYH, Indiana SLADE GORTON, Washington BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas CONRAD BURNS, Montana ANDREW D. LUNDQUIST, Staff Director DAVID G. DYE, Chief Counsel JAMES P. BEIRNE, Deputy Chief Counsel ROBERT M. SIMON, Democratic Staff Director SAM E. FOWLER, Democratic Chief Counsel KIRA FINKLER, Counsel, Minority CONTENTS STATEMENTS Page Acevedo-Vila, Anibel, President, Popular Democratic Party, Commonwealth of P u erto R ico ....................................................................................................... 22 Akaka, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii
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