I just want to point out to my colleague from Massachusetts that the Republicans can't obstruct the President's effort because we are in the minority. And we don't have to obstruct him anyway because they've all failed. Nothing has worked that the President and our friends across the aisle have tried, and so they're going to fail of their own weight.
Virginia Foxx: “I just want to point out to my colleague from Massachusetts that the Republicans can't obstruct the President's effort…”
On the recordJuly 14, 2010
Editor's note · Context
The speaker addresses the inability of Republicans to obstruct the President's efforts due to being in the minority.
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