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Washington D.C.— Resident Commissioner, Luis Fortuño, announced today his designation to the Natural Resources, Education and Labor, and Foreign Affairs Committees of the House of Representatives. Fortuño thanked the leadership of these three important commissions for the designation. The Resident Commissioner took the opportunity to acknowledge that one of the main characteristics of Congress is the determinant role that is carried out by each committee in their legislative processes.
The Resident Commissioner, who participated actively as a member of the Natural Resources, and Education and Labor Committees in the past Congress, was pleased with his selection to these committees. With the first committee having jurisdiction over the natural resources of the United States and as well over the political future of Puerto Rico. With the second committee, he will have the important task of reauthorizing the “No Child Left behind Act” during the 110th session of Congress, which has just begun. According to the Resident Commissioner, both commissions are characterized for working with various issues in a bipartisan form.
Fortuño, whom two years ago made history by being the first Puerto Rican to be named to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, makes history once again by becoming the second Puerto Rican to be chosen to serve in the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The latter, is one of the most prestigious commissions in Congress and it is in charge of delineating international politics in the United States. Fortuño, whom a couple of weeks ago was elected Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Conference, expressed great honor in the fact that Hispanics will have a determinant participation when it comes to defining public policy in the international arena. The current judge of the Supreme Court, Jaime Fuster, served in this committee from 1987 through 1992.
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