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Orrin Hatch: “The poverty rate in Puerto Rico is approximately 45 percent.”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
The poverty rate in Puerto Rico is approximately 45 percent.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch highlights the severe poverty situation in Puerto Rico.

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