"I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something."

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician

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"I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something."

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"I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing."

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