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Virginia Foxx: “Isn't it true that, again, we are doing what is right and proving that we are a Nation of laws because this was written…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2009
Isn't it true that, again, we are doing what is right and proving that we are a Nation of laws because this was written into the original bill. I commend the majority for doing that. I think it's very important that we not try to circumvent a law that we have passed. I think it's very, very important in terms of the messages we send to the American people. It's true that in the Rules Committee Mr. Frank said he did not think that the bill that we were passing would be taken up by the Senate. Is it the majority's intention in the House to ask the Senate to take up Mr. Frank's bill and to say we are not just asking the Obama administration to do these things but, like this bill, we are going to put into law what should be done, rather than petitioning the administration?
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Discussing the importance of adhering to laws during a debate on a bill.

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