Published on Nov 20, 2014
Two men have been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the killings of a retired U.S. army sergeant and three of his family members in Puerto Rico.
Sixty-seven year old Miguel Ortiz Diaz, his wife and his mother-in-law were fatally shot at their home in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico late Monday, Fox News Latino reported.
The assailants kidnapped Ortiz’s two sons after the shooting and took them to a field in Guaraguao neighborhood where the elder son was shot to death, El Comercio reported.
The assailants reportedly ran out of bullets when they tried to kill Ortiz’s younger son. So they stabbed him and threw him over a bridge, according to El Comercio. Miraculously, the 13-year-old boy survived the attack and later sought help.
Police said the murders were carried out by people who were renting a house from Ortiz and were facing eviction after they failed to pay rent, Fox News Latino reported.
Sixty-seven year old Miguel Ortiz Diaz, his wife and his mother-in-law were fatally shot at their home in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico late Monday, Fox News Latino reported.
The assailants kidnapped Ortiz’s two sons after the shooting and took them to a field in Guaraguao neighborhood where the elder son was shot to death, El Comercio reported.
The assailants reportedly ran out of bullets when they tried to kill Ortiz’s younger son. So they stabbed him and threw him over a bridge, according to El Comercio. Miraculously, the 13-year-old boy survived the attack and later sought help.
Police said the murders were carried out by people who were renting a house from Ortiz and were facing eviction after they failed to pay rent, Fox News Latino reported.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico—Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s announcement that he will use his executive authority to make reforms to the nation’s immigration policy: “There is a broad bipartisan consensus in the United States, including in Puerto Rico, that our immigration policy requires comprehensive reform. The current system harms our economy and is inconsistent with the values that have always made this nation exceptional. “In June 2013, the U.S. Senate approved legislation, 68 to 32, that would overhaul our nation’s immigration laws, strengthen border security, and provide a pathway for about eight million of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in this country to become full and equal citizens—a right, I must point out, that the 3.6 million American citizens that reside in Puerto Rico will continue to be denied as long as Puerto Rico is a territory and not a state. “I support the Senate bill. It is not perfect, but it is a vast improvement over the status quo. America has always been a work in progress. Since the country’s founding, the hard work of perfecting our Union has often been carried out by men and women born outside of America, immigrants who chose to leave behind everything and everyone they know, who came here in search of economic opportunity or to escape poverty or persecution, and who have enriched the life of this nation and replenished its spirit. These men and women deserve a chance to become citizens of the nation that their labor has helped build and sustain. “Unfortunately, the leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives has declined for nearly a year-and-a-half to bring the Senate bill to the floor for a vote. If they had, I believe the bill would have passed and become law. “This is the backdrop against which the President has announced his decision to take executive action. Using his authority to set immigration priorities, just as previous presidents of both parties have done, President Obama will shield nearly five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, including individuals who were brought to this country as children prior to January 1, 2010, regardless of how old they are today, as well as the parents of children who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and have lived in this country for at least five years. I suspect that thousands of residents of Puerto Rico, hard-working members of our communities, will benefit from this executive action. The federal government will instead focus its deportation efforts on criminals and those with only tenuous ties to this nation, which strikes me as entirely appropriate. “The President was compelled to act because one chamber of Congress refused to act, despite broad bipartisan support for action. The President’s executive order cannot, and does not, place any undocumented immigrants on the path to citizenship; it simply protects them from deportation and gives them a chance to emerge from the shadows. Only Congress can provide a comprehensive and enduring solution to this problem by enacting sensible and humane legislation. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over this issue, I stand ready to work with both Democrats and Republicans toward this end.”
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Washington, DC—The powerful Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives today unveiled a comprehensive bill, the Hospitals Improvements for Payment Act of2016, that contains the Committee’s priorities related to hospital reform, and the language of H.R. 1379—the bill authored by Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to enable hospitals in Puerto Rico to receive bonus payments under Medicare for adopting electronic health records—is included within this package. This is an important step forward, and significantly improves the likelihood that Pierluisi’s bill will be enacted into law when the next Congress convenes in 2015. H.R. 1379 seeks to correct an oversight in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, known as the HITECH Act. The goal of the HITECH Act is to encourage doctors and hospitals to use electronic health records, which can improve patient care, reduce medical errors, and lower health care costs. To promote the adoption of electronic health records, the HITECH Act authorizes bonus payments under Medicare and Medicaid for doctors and hospitals that become “meaningful users” of electronic health records. The Medicare incentive program consists of both “sticks” and “carrots,” meaning that physicians and hospitals will be penalized if they fail to adopt electronic health records by a certain date. However, the HITECH Act omitted Puerto Rico hospitals from the Medicare incentive program. This exclusion appears to have been inadvertent, since the bill makes island physicians eligible for the bonus payments under both Medicare and Medicaid, and makes island hospitals eligible for the bonus payments under Medicaid. It is estimated that including Puerto Rico hospitals in the Medicare portion of the HITECH Act would result in approximately $200 million in additional federal payments to island hospitals over the next decade. “There is no principled basis to exclude Puerto Rico hospitals from the Medicare component of the HITECH Act and this exclusion has significantly hampered efforts to adopt electronic health records on the island, to the detriment of both patients and hospitals,” said Pierluisi. The Resident Commissioner’s legislation—included as Section 210 of the Hospitals Improvements for Payment Act of 2014—would treat Puerto Rico hospitals like hospitals in the states, making them eligible for Medicare bonus payments if they become meaningful users of electronic health records and subjecting them to penalties—in the form of reduced Medicare reimbursement rates—if they fail to do so by a certain date. H.R. 1379 has been cosponsored by 13 Members of Congress: eight Democrats and five Republicans. Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey introduced an identical companion bill in the U.S. Senate, which is cosponsored by the Republican Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, and the Democratic Senator from Florida, Bill Nelson. Pierluisi and Menendez have been working closely together on this legislation for several years. “Puerto Rico hospitals are not seeking preferential or special treatment. They are simply seeking equal treatment. This bill would ensure they receive the same bonus payments as hospital in the states for adopting electronic health records,” said Pierluisi. The Resident Commissioner expressed gratitude to the Puerto Rico Hospital Association, which has strongly supported H.R. 1379. He thanked the Association for raising awareness about the bill among both Democrats and Republicans, noting that the Association played a critical role in the effort to convince leaders of the Ways and Means Committee to include H.R. 1379 in the package unveiled today. Pierluisi also thanked Senator Menendez for his steadfast support for the people of Puerto Rico and for always looking for ways to improve Puerto Rico’s treatment under federal health programs.
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Washington, DC—Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi received an award yesterday from the National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC) for the role he played in the successful effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, a U.S. Army unit composed mostly of soldiers from Puerto Rico, who are known as Borinqueneers. Also receiving an award from NPRC was Congressman Bill Posey of Florida. Pierluisi and Posey co-authored H.R. 1726, which was introduced on April 25, 2013. After obtaining over 300 cosponsors, the bill was approved by the U.S. House on May 19, 2014. Thanks to the leadership of Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the bill was then approved by the U.S. Senate on May 22, 2014. President Obama signed the bill into law on June 10, 2014, at an historic ceremony attended by numerous Borinqueneers and their families. NPRC presented Pierluisi and Posey with the award at the organization’s annual luncheon honoring “Global Leaders,” which was held at the National Press Club. NPRC is an organization that is highly respected for its advocacy on behalf of Puerto Rican communities in both Puerto Rico and the 50 states. “I am humbled by this award, but I accept it in not in my own name, but rather in the name of all Borinqueneers, the pride of Puerto Rico and of Puerto Ricans everywhere. No unit better epitomizes Puerto Rico’s distinguished tradition of military service than the 65th Infantry Regiment. Since the term “Borinqueneers’ was first used over 60 years ago, coined by members of the Regiment on their way to Korea, it has become synonymous with honor, courage, redemption and pride,” said Pierluisi. “The awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment constitutes a profound expression of national gratitude in recognition of the Borinqueneers’ bravery,skill and patriotism,” added the Resident Commissioner, who highlighted the fact that the Regiment is just the second Hispanic recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, which is considered the most distinguished form of recognition that Congress, acting on behalf of the entire nation, can bestow upon an individual or group for outstanding and enduring achievement. The first was baseball star and humanitarian Roberto Clemente, who received the award posthumously in 1973. “I want to underscore that the only Hispanics in the history of the United States to receive the Congressional Gold Medal—which was first awarded in 1776, to the general and future president George Washington—are both from Puerto Rico: Clemente and the Borinqueneers,” said Pierluisi. In the message he delivered upon receiving the award from NPRC, the Resident Commissioner observed that the effort to convert H.R. 1726 was successful because of teamwork. He expressed gratitude to Congressman Posey, Senator Blumenthal and all the other members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate that cosponsored the bill, as well as to “the hundreds of individuals and grassroots organizations that dedicated themselves to this cause, raised public awareness about the achievements of the Borinqueneers, and urged their elected leaders in Congress to support this legislation.” “This award belongs not only to the Borinqueneers, but to all of the men and women from Puerto Rico who, from World War I until today, have served in the U.S. armed forces and fought to keep this nation safe, strong and free. They may speak English with an accent, but their devotion to this country—and to the principles for which it stands—is as fierce as the devotion displayed by their fellow American citizens from the states,” said Pierluisi.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico—Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi sent a detailed letter last week to the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, urging her to immediately approve the feasibility report and environmental impact statement that has been prepared for the Caño Martín Peña project. Approval by the Assistant Secretary of these documents and an official determination that the project is “feasible” is necessary in order for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin preconstruction, engineering and design work for the project, which is the next major step in the Army Corps process. Over the past several years, the Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña has worked diligently to identify solutions to the water pollution and other environmental challenges that threaten public health. The tidal canal is approximately 3.8 miles long, connecting San Juan Bay and the San Jose Lagoon in urban San Juan. Untreated wastewater from different areas of San Juan has been discharged into the canal for many years. Eliminating this problem and restoring the canal to its natural state will benefit the entire San Juan Bay estuary. Importantly, the proposed project will also control flooding in the region and protect the health of the approximately 27,000 residents that live within the eight communities surrounding Caño Martín Peña: Israel-Bitumul, Cantera, Parada 27, Las Monjas, Barrio Obrero San Ciprian, Barrio Obrero Marina, Buena Vista Santurce, and Buena Vista Hato Rey. On October 22nd, Pierluisi met with leaders from ENLACE and the Caño Martín Peña communities, inspected the affected areas, discussed the next steps for the project, and witnessed firsthand the unacceptable living conditions that residents confront. “I am impressed with the results that ENLACE and community leaders have delivered to date in planning for the restoration of the canal. Preparation of the thorough feasibility report required a great deal of time and effort, and they have come up with an excellent plan. Unfortunately, progress has been delayed at Army Corps headquarters and I am determined to work with the Assistant Secretary of the Army to find a way to get the project approved as soon as possible,” said Pierluisi. Army Corps headquarters has yet to approve the feasibility report based on a disagreement with ENLACE about the proposed location for disposal of sediments that would be dredged from the canal and about whether historic water-related infrastructure in the canal area needs to be removed in order to properly restore the canal. Army Corps headquarters is essentially requiring ENLACE to undertake additional scientific testing of material that would be dredged, and to factor into the feasibility report removal of the water-related infrastructure. Both steps are very costly and could put the entire project over the cost limit established by the Army Corps and Congress in 2007. In his letter, Pierluisi addresses these specific points of disagreement between ENLACE and Army Corps headquarters, and urges prompt resolution. “We are now at a critical stage in the process, and this project is receiving high level attention in Washington, D.C.,” said Pierluisi. Since arriving in Congress, the Resident Commissioner has worked to educate Members of Congress and Army leadership about the living conditions that residents of the Caño Martín Peña communities face, as well as the environmental and public health consequences of delaying action on this project.
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