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Virginia Foxx: The word ``venerated'' is usually reserved for clerics and not government agencies. Such an attitude borders on worship…

On the recordMarch 19, 2015
The word ``venerated'' is usually reserved for clerics and not government agencies. Such an attitude borders on worship of government agencies, and I doubt very seriously that the majority of hardworking Americans agree with that attitude. I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), my distinguished colleague.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Mar 19, 2015

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