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Virginia Foxx: I don't call myself a former educator, because I think everybody around here will tell you I still act like one.

On the recordMay 21, 2019
I don't call myself a former educator, because I think everybody around here will tell you I still act like one.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Virginia Foxx expresses her ongoing commitment to education.

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