Teddy Roosevelt: “I ask the attention of the Congress to the need of legislation…”

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I ask the attention of the Congress to the need of legislation concerning the public lands of Porto Rico.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls for Congress to address the need for legislation regarding public lands in Porto Rico.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I ask the attention of the Congress to the need of legislation concerning the public lands of Porto Rico.”