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On the recordMarch 10, 2009
For so much of what Americans here on the continent take for granted in their everyday lives, it is not available to my constituents--Americans, too--8,000 miles away.
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Gregorio Sablan
Democratic · Northern Mariana Islands

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Sablan points out the disparities in living standards for his constituents.

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