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Virginia Foxx: Again, I want to say that I think the Congress of the United States is being used unfairly in this process. We do not…

On the recordApril 29, 2010
Again, I want to say that I think the Congress of the United States is being used unfairly in this process. We do not need to be doing this. What the proponents of statehood are doing is rigging the process in favor of a vote for statehood and they're using the Congress of the United States to establish the process for them. We don't need to be passing this bill. The people of Puerto Rico can vote without this bill.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Apr 29, 2010

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The speaker is addressing concerns about the process of Puerto Rico's statehood vote.

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