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Virginia Foxx: “I think the federal government should be very limited in its work.”

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
I think the federal government should be very limited in its work.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Foxx advocates for a limited federal government role in education.

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