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Ed Markey: “President Kennedy was right when he once said at the shores of the Atlantic Ocean that all of us have in our veins the…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
President Kennedy was right when he once said at the shores of the Atlantic Ocean that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the connection between humans and the ocean.

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