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On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
I think it is extraordinarily important that we never lose sight that the Bill of Rights begins with the First Amendment and the very first right is the freedom of religion.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Emphasizing the importance of the First Amendment's religious freedom.

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