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Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category
July 14, 2010
Gov. Fortuño speaks with Charles Dowd, Deputy Chief of Police of the NYPD, at the National Governors Association meetings in Boston.
The governor is expanding a partnership between the Puerto Rico Police Department and the NYPD as part of his administration’s efforts to battle crime on the island.
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July 14, 2010
Gov. Fortuño and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie share a word at the National Governor’s Association meeting in Boston on July 9.
Gov. Fortuño participated in the annual NGA meeting where governors discussed a range of topics, including the implementation of federal health care reform, child nutrition issues, progress of the economic recovery, national security and strategies to tackle the federal budget deficit. At the meeting, the Governor was named to the Board of Directors for the Center for Best Practices, an arm of the NGA dedicated to identifying and sharing innovative ideas and solutions in public policy.
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April 29, 2010
Bipartisan Triumph for Puerto Rico’s Status Choice
 Puerto Rico Governor Luis G. Fortuño (R), and Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D) beam outside the Capitol just prior to the U.S. House of Representatives' historic approval of H.R. 2499, The Puerto Rico Democracy Act. The bill passed with solid bipartisan support, including that of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence and Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor.
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April 29, 2010
Governor Addresses Puerto Rico Democracy Act Rally
Puerto Rico Governor Luis G. Fortuño (R), accompanied by Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D), Puerto Rico Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz (R), Puerto Rico House Speaker Jennifer González (R) and other island legislative leaders, addresses supporters who gathered outside the Capitol just prior to the U.S. House of Representatives’ historic passage of H.R. 2499, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act.
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April 28, 2010
Veteran Champion for Puerto Rico’s Status Choice
 Congressman José Serrano (D-NY) dons a t-shirt in support of H.R. 2499, The Puerto Rico Democracy Act. On April 29, 2010, Congressman Serrano, the most veteran Puerto Rican born Member of Congress, presided over the House’s historic passage of the bill. Commenting on the significance of the vote, Serrano emphasized that, “for the first time in 112 years, the Congress of the United States will ask the 4 million American citizens of Puerto Rico what they wish their relationship to the U.S. to be.”
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March 23, 2010
Dynamic Duo: Gov. Luis Fortuño and Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
Governor Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and the PRFAA team scored a major victory for the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico, upon securing the inclusion of the island in federal health care reform legislation. For Governor Fortuño, first and foremost, the legislation represented an opportunity to correct decades of disparities in the application of federal health care programs to Puerto Rico.
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March 15, 2010
PRFAA’s Elsa Luis with a group of Federal Proposals Workshop participants
Federal Proposals Division Director Elsa Luis (standing) is pictured here with a group of participants at a recent PRFAA-sponsored workshop in the Municipality of Peñuelas. Under the administration of Governor Luis Fortuño, more than 3,000 representatives of agencies, municipalities, universities and other non-profit organizations throughout the island have been trained in techniques designed to facilitate and improve access to competitive funding, both from federal and major foundation sources.
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January 14, 2010
PRFAA Executive Director Nicole Guillemard and Deputy Director Fernando Peña
PRFAA Executive Director Nicole Guillemard and Deputy Director Fernando Peña, Esq., lead the Washington, D.C.-based agency that represents the Government of Puerto Rico before federal, state and local governments.
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January 10, 2010
Island Mayors Meet at PRFAA
Some 18 Puerto Rico mayors, in the Nation’s Capital for the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, convened at PRFAA on January 10, 2010. They are pictured here with PRFAA Executive Director Nicole Guillemard and Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi.
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November 23, 2009
Governor Fortuño and the Police Superintendent meet with Attorney General Eric Holder
For the administration of Governor Luis Fortuño, achieving optimal collaboration between federal and local law enforcement agencies is a priority. Here, the Governor, accompanied by Police Superintendent José Figueroa Sancha, meets at the U.S. Department of Justice with Attorney General Eric Holder.
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