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Stacey Plaskett: “The insular areas have long had underfunding and under inclusion across a litany of programs.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2018
The insular areas have long had underfunding and under inclusion across a litany of programs.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett highlights historical underfunding of insular areas during disaster responses.

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