Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Problems: Examining the Source and Exploring the Solution
Witnesses
Panel I
The Honorable Alejandro Javier García Padilla
Governor
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
The Honorable Pedro Pierluisi
Resident Commissioner For Puerto Rico
United States House of Representatives
Panel II
Mr. Alex J. Pollock
Resident Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
Washington , DC
Mr. Stephen Spencer
Managing Director
Houlihan Lokey
Minneapolis , MN
Dr. Carlos A. Colón De Armas
Professor Of Finance
Graduate School of Business, University of Puerto Rico
San Juan , Puerto Rico
Mr. Richard Carrión
Executive Chairman
Banco Popular
San Juan , Puerto Rico
Mr. Richard Ravitch
Former Lieutenant Governor
State of New York
New York , NY
Puerto Rico: Economy, Debt, and Options for Congress
Witness Panel
Mr. Antonio F. Weiss
Counselor to the Secretary
U.S. Department of the Treasury
The Honorable Pedro Pierluisi
Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Alejandro Javier Garcia Padilla
Governor
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Mr. Sergio M. Marxuach
Policy Director
Center for a New Economy
Mr. Steven Fetter
Founder and President
Regulation UnFettered
H.R. 3474, the "Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act" or "Christopher's Law."
To establish additional protections and disclosures for students and co-signers with respect to student loans, and for other purposes.
S. 1958, the "Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act" or "Christopher's Law."
To establish additional protections and disclosures for students and co-signers with respect to student loans, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3634, the "Student Loan Debt Protection Act of 2015."
To establish student loan borrowers’ rights to basic consumer protections, reasonable and flexible repayment options, access to earned credentials, and effective loan cancellation in exchange for public service, and for other purposes.
The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Free?
Witness List
- Dr. Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President and Dean of Educational Programs, Hillsdale College
- The Honorable C. Boyden Gray, Founding Partner, Boyden Gray & Associates
- Professor David A. Skeel, S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Mr. Deepak Gupta, Founding Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC
- Professor Todd J. Zywicki, Foundation Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Law and Economics Center, George Mason University School of Law
H.R. 3451, the "Student Loan Bankruptcy Parity Act of 2015"
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make student loans dischargeable.
S.1774, the "Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015"
To amend title 11 of the U.S. Code to treat Puerto Rico as a State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the adjustment of debts of municipalities.
The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Prosperous?
Witness List
The Honorable Phil Gramm, Senior Adviser, U.S. Policy Metrics and former United States Senator
The Honorable R. Bradley Miller, Of Counsel, Grais & Ellsworth LLP and former member of Congress
Mr. Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
The Administrative State v. The Constitution: Dodd-Frank at Five Years
Witnesses:
The Honorable C. Boyden Gray
Founding Partner
Boyden Gray & Associates, PLLC
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Deepak Gupta
Founding Principal
Gupta Wessler PLLC
Washington, D.C.
Professor Neomi Rao
Associate Professor Of Law
George Mason University School of Law
Arlington, Va.
Professor Adam J. Levitin
Professor Of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Mark Calabria
Director Of Financial Regulation Studies
Cato Institute
Washington, D.C.