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On the recordApril 28, 2013
These days, that sometimes keeps folks apart, but what always brought Ray and I together was a shared belief that those of us who serve in public service owe their allegiance not to party, but to the people who elected them to represent them.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the Nomination Secretary of Labor of Anthony R. Foxx To Be Secretary of Transportation

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