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On the recordNovember 13, 2017
If we want to keep those businesses there and we want to keep those professionals there who are working on that, we need to build a much, much better grid that is not run on diesel.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken stresses the need for improved energy infrastructure to retain businesses in Puerto Rico.

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