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Nita Lowey: “Puerto Rico has requested $46 billion in CDBG, with an additional $10 billion for community development projects like…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2017
Puerto Rico has requested $46 billion in CDBG, with an additional $10 billion for community development projects like hospital reconstruction, school investment, small business grants.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey highlights Puerto Rico's significant funding requests for recovery and development.

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