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Virginia Foxx: “I just want to say to my colleague from New York that I think the American people are beginning to realize that…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
I just want to say to my colleague from New York that I think the American people are beginning to realize that government spends money; it doesn't invest money. With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Nov 17, 2011

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