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Gerald Ford: “The social and economic progress to which they aspire cannot come without the political equality of statehood.”

On the recordJanuary 13, 1977
The social and economic progress to which they aspire cannot come without the political equality of statehood.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Submitting Proposed Puerto Rico Statehood Legislation

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