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Stacey Plaskett: “In the United States territories, despite being home to nearly 4 million Americans, we are too often left out of…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
In the United States territories, despite being home to nearly 4 million Americans, we are too often left out of important programs or underfunded compared to benefits available to Americans living in the mainland United States.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett highlights funding disparities for U.S. territories compared to the mainland.

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