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Gary Peters: “Those Americans are very deserving of whatever it takes for us to address the crisis, the humanitarian crisis that is…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
Those Americans are very deserving of whatever it takes for us to address the crisis, the humanitarian crisis that is impacting 3.5 million American citizens in Puerto Rico as we speak today.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Emphasizing the need for urgent assistance for Puerto Rico's humanitarian crisis.

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