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On the recordMay 1, 2019
the people of Puerto Rico--what I heard in my visit there, from anywhere from the people that served us to the people that were working outside, is a level of distrust for government as a whole, including the government that I am a part of.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva notes the distrust Puerto Ricans have towards the government.

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