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Pedro Pierluisi: “Puerto Rico would be receiving billions of additional funding that would flow into our economy if we become a state.”

On the recordJune 23, 2015
Puerto Rico would be receiving billions of additional funding that would flow into our economy if we become a state.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Pierluisi states that statehood would lead to increased federal funding for Puerto Rico.

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