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Jonathan Jackson: “Cuba has the longest life expectancy, the highest level of…”

Featuring: Jonathan Jackson, Democratic | U.S. House Illinois, 1st Congressional District

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We Went to Cuba | Rep. Jonathan Jackson | #20

Published | Video Starts at 14:27

He just turned his back and just continued to build the people, which is really the ministry of glorifying God and edifying man. You build up the people. So he has built up the people. Cuba has the longest life expectancy, the highest level of literacy in our hemisphere. So they've done a miraculous job in that regard. And so to go back to the church where my father had spoken, it's the first trip I've taken out of the country. (14:27–14:33)

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