Martha Roby: “All you have to do is pull out your copy of the Constitution, and what…”

On the recordApril 23, 2013

All you have to do is pull out your copy of the Constitution, and what does it say? Our charge as Members of Congress is to provide for a strong national defense. If we're not taking care of those men and women in uniform who have fought and died for the very freedoms that allow for us to stand in this room today and talk about making life work, if we don't have enough respect for that, to do our job in Congress and set priorities when it comes to wasteful spending on behalf of them, then we all need to take a long, hard look at ourselves in the mirror.

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Martha Roby

Alabama

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Apr 23, 2013

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