Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

To expect the administration to feel the same urgency to produce positive results for Puerto Rico as it does for the states is to substitute hope for experience.

Context

Pierluisi expresses skepticism about federal attention to Puerto Rico's needs.

07/31/2013

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