Transparency group says Puerto Rico’s nonvoting US House delegate biggest spender in 2010

It is very disappointing to read this information about our non-voting statehood party representative at the US Congress. It was reported by AP and posted in the most important newspapers in the US (including The Washington Post). It makes our work in support of statehood so much more difficult. MJ

The Washington Post 

by Associated Press, 

Tuesday, March 22, 6:37 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s nonvoting congressional delegate was the biggest spender last year in the U.S. House of Representatives, a nonpartisan foundation says. The report said Pierluisi spent almost $1.2 million to pay his staff, nearly $174,000 on printing and reproduction, and more than $59,000 on travel.

more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/transparency-group-says-puerto-ricos-nonvoting-us-house-delegate-biggest-spender-in-2010/2011/03/22/ABKH3kEB_story.html