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Virginia Foxx: I think my colleague well-characterized what's been going on as a charade. When I was in the General Assembly in North…

On the recordJune 20, 2008
I think my colleague well-characterized what's been going on as a charade. When I was in the General Assembly in North Carolina, I often gave an award called the Emperor's New Clothes Award because I gave it to bills that didn't do anything but that nobody was willing to say wasn't doing anything. And I think what the Democratically-controlled Congress--and that's what we have to keep saying because many Americans blame both Democrats and Republicans for not doing something--but they have to understand that it is the Democratically-controlled Congress that's creating the problem here. What they've done has been a charade. It deserves the Emperor's New Clothes Award, and I hope most people have read that little book and understand the issue that I'm talking about.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Addressing the lack of action in Congress and criticizing the Democratic majority.

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