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On the recordJune 23, 2015
We are tired and increasingly upset to have to plead and beg for equal terms in Federal grants for education for our children.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Expressing frustration over lack of equal federal funding for Puerto Rico.

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