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Tom McClintock: “What would be wrong with repealing PROMESA, disbanding its management board and then handing the whole mess back to the…”

On the recordJune 10, 2020
What would be wrong with repealing PROMESA, disbanding its management board and then handing the whole mess back to the people who created it?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

He questions the effectiveness of PROMESA and suggests returning control to Puerto Rico's government.

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