On the recordApril 30, 1990
In the end the great issues here presented are civic, not economic. Do Puerto Ricans want to become Americans? Because that is what statehood inevitably means.
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congress.govPatrick Moynihan: “In the end the great issues here presented are civic, not economic. Do Puerto Ricans want to become Americans? Because…”
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Moynihan emphasized the civic implications of Puerto Rican statehood over economic factors.
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