Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

As a co-sponsor of the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act, I am persuaded that the island's territorial status is a cause of its economic conditions.

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Linking Puerto Rico's economic issues to its territorial status.

06/23/2015

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