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On the recordOctober 21, 2019
The central premise of PROMESA implies that the people of Puerto Rico are not competent to govern themselves, and I reject that premise categorically.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock rejects the notion that Puerto Ricans cannot govern themselves.

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