The House on Monday appointed Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to serve as chairman of a bicameral task force charged with investigating the causes and possible solutions to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis.
The House approved Hatch’s appointment in a pro forma session Monday afternoon. That session also formalized the appointments of Reps. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) and Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) as the House Republican appointees to the task force. Rep. Nydia Velázquez of New York and Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico’s non-voting representative in Congress, are the two House Democratic appointees.
In addition to Hatch, who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) are members of the task force.
The Puerto Rico bill that Congress passed in June lets Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) decide who gets appointed as the task force’s chairman.
Hatch Appointed Chairman of Congressional Task Force on Puerto Rico
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