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Pedro Pierluisi: “It should come as no surprise, given our lack of political power, that the federal government often uses that license.”

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
It should come as no surprise, given our lack of political power, that the federal government often uses that license.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Pierluisi discusses discrimination against Puerto Rico due to its political status.

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