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On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
The first thing the current administration did was to increase spending by about 9 percent, by $850 million the first year in office.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Pierluisi criticizes the administration's initial spending increase.

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