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On the recordOctober 11, 2017
Puerto Rico needs all the help that it can get, and we need to make sure that we are doing what we need to do.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks emphasizes the urgent need for assistance for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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