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On the recordJuly 9, 2019
President Obama said it best. He said we have in our country quite often an empathy deficit.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings references Obama's statement about the lack of empathy in addressing healthcare issues.

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