On the recordJune 15, 2021
It saddens me that after 50 years of Puerto Rican congressional representation... the 15th Congressional District in the Bronx remains the poorest district of all the 50 states.
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congress.govRitchie Torres: “It saddens me that after 50 years of Puerto Rican congressional representation... the 15th Congressional District in the…”
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Torres highlights the ongoing poverty in his district despite decades of representation.
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