For a Nation founded on the principles of democracy and the consent of the governed, how much longer can America allow a condition to persist in which nearly 4 million U.S. citizens do not have a vote in the government that makes the national laws which effect their daily lives?
On the recordJuly 31, 2013
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Wyden questions the moral implications of Puerto Ricans lacking voting rights.
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