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On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
It is hard for me to understand any principled basis for objecting access to Puerto Rico to the law of the land in America.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

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Gutierrez argues for Puerto Rico's access to U.S. bankruptcy laws.

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