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Danny Davis: “Sometimes we have an empathy deficit--an empathy deficit.”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
Sometimes we have an empathy deficit--an empathy deficit.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Davis highlighted the lack of empathy in understanding the struggles of the sick.

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