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On the recordJuly 31, 2013
Puerto Rico cannot resolve its status by maintaining the same undemocratic status that my people have endured since 1898.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico needs to change its undemocratic status for resolution.

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