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Nydia Velázquez: “And when making these upward revisions to the economic projections, do you take into account the continued suffering of…”

On the recordMay 1, 2019
And when making these upward revisions to the economic projections, do you take into account the continued suffering of families that are losing their homes, increasing healthcare costs, or demand for nutrition assistance, especially for those 65 percent of the children of Puerto Rico that live in poverty?
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Velazquez questions the consideration of poverty in economic projections for Puerto Rico.

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