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I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.
Charles Rangel
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Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
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U.S. Representative
Harlem
New York
Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel
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