 Although he has retired from electoral politics, he has remained active in PNP political gatherings, the Puerto Rico Democratic Party, the Democratic Party (United States) and is a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).On July 3, 2017, he was appointed by Governor Ricardo Rosselló as Puerto Rico's first United States Shadow Senator to the U.S. Senate under the Tennessee Plan approved by Act No.30 of June 5, 2017 of the Puerto Rico Legislature.