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Eliot Engel: “It is unconscionable to me that my constituents who are African American and Hispanic are twice as likely to die from…”

On the recordJune 16, 2020
It is unconscionable to me that my constituents who are African American and Hispanic are twice as likely to die from this virus than their White counterparts.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel highlights racial disparities in COVID-19 death rates among his constituents.

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