Members of the House and Senate Treasury Commissions began Wednesday public hearings on the proposed budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, which exceeds $9.5 billion, outlined in Joint House Resolutions 186 and 187.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló presented Wednesday a budget of $9.5 billion to Puerto Rico’s Legislative Assembly, which guarantees essential services and pension payments, and which also makes contributory justice for the citizens of the island, he said.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González, and Senate President Thomas Rivera-Schatz joined forces Thursday in an effort from the federal capital to insert Puerto Rico into the discussion of the United States budget.