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Virginia Foxx: “I am here to talk about House Resolution 106, the Armenian genocide resolution. I am, as I have said before here many…”

On the recordOctober 15, 2007
I am here to talk about House Resolution 106, the Armenian genocide resolution. I am, as I have said before here many times, an extremely proud Member of the House of Representatives. I am so pleased to be able to represent the people of the Fifth District of North Carolina. However, when I came here, I took an oath, an oath to defend the Constitution and uphold the Constitution. I did not take an oath to say that I would ignore the good of the United States for the good of the Fifth District of North Carolina. I thought that everyone who came here understood that our Number 1 responsibility is to work together as a group on behalf of the entire United States of America. Certainly we should do all we can to represent our districts, and I believe that every Member does that. But there are times when we must put aside provincial interest for the good of this country.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Discussing House Resolution 106 regarding the Armenian genocide during a Special Order.

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