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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The district I represent, the Nation's capital, the District of Columbia, has a rate of about 96 percent covered.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2019
The district I represent, the Nation's capital, the District of Columbia, has a rate of about 96 percent covered.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton highlights high health coverage rates in D.C. despite Republican actions against the Health Care Act.

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