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Jim Inhofe: “The western land now will go not to the politicians in Puerto Rico but to the residents of the island of Vieques, and in…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2000
The western land now will go not to the politicians in Puerto Rico but to the residents of the island of Vieques, and in the event something should happen that they should vote to reject the Navy, then it is not going to go into some developer's hands where someone is going to stand to get rich over this. We have done a good job----
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing land ownership and rights for residents of Vieques, Puerto Rico.

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