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Virginia Foxx: We are not fiddling while Rome burns; we are looking at the issues, we are looking at the threats to our Constitution…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
We are not fiddling while Rome burns; we are looking at the issues, we are looking at the threats to our Constitution that have been established by this administration.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx asserts that Congress is addressing constitutional threats.

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