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On the recordApril 13, 2021
This bill does not force or impose statehood on Puerto Rico. It only offers statehood and provides a proven mechanism and a legal means for it to happen.
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Darren Soto
Democratic · Florida

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Soto emphasizes that the bill offers statehood voluntarily to Puerto Rico.

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