It is the role of the Federal Government to protect us in this country. It is the only entity in our country who can do that. It is our role. The government is not in control in this country. The people are in control. And for them to have that assumption is the biggest part of the problem that we have here right now.
Virginia Foxx: “It is the role of the Federal Government to protect us in this country. It is the only entity in our country who can do…”
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