The top Democrat on the House Small Business Committee, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), unveiled Thursday an array of legislative proposals aimed at igniting small business growth and entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Tuesday the certification of 260 companies that are creating more than 1,000 jobs islandwide in the areas of sales, service and manufacturing.
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner in Washington, Jenniffer González-Colón, has filed legislation to extend indefinitely the application of Internal Revenue Code Section 199 in Puerto Rico, together with co-sponsors congressmen Carlos Curbelo (R-Florida 26), John Lewis (D-Georgia 5) and José Serrano (D-NY 15).