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Opinion: I’m Puerto Rico’s new representative in Congress; we should put statehood aside

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Pablo Hernández Rivera: Puerto Ricans are tired of the sterile status debate.

He says Puerto Rico should focus on promoting economic development, securing equal treatment in federal programs.

He argues that statehood “won’t” a recent nonbinding status referendum, should be put aside, he says.

Rivera: Bipartisan projects such as the Supply Chain Security and Growth Act would help U.S. and Puerto Rico .