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Virginia Foxx: “The First Amendment of the United States Constitution declares that Congress may make no law 'respecting an…”

On the recordJune 24, 2019
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution declares that Congress may make no law 'respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.'
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx cites the First Amendment to highlight the importance of religious freedom.

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