Maggie Goodlander said "exactly 249 days ago today, we came together in this Chamber to swear an oath to this Constitution. I keep it with me everywhere I go, and I remember that we did that not as Republicans or Democrats. We took that oath as Americans. We honor that oath by doing our jobs--it sounds simple, but it is pretty rare--by working in good faith to get good things done and to solve real problems for the real people who have put their trust in us. That is what I came to Congress to do. That is what I joined the House Armed Services Committee to do. That is what we worked to do in the National Defense Authorization Act. We worked in good faith to find common cause on cracking down on the high costs from housing to healthcare that are crushing our servicemembers and military families and to crack down equally on Pentagon waste, fraud, and abuse." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 9, 2025

exactly 249 days ago today, we came together in this Chamber to swear an oath to this Constitution. I keep it with me everywhere I go, and I remember that we did that not as Republicans or Democrats. We took that oath as Americans. We honor that oath by doing our jobs--it sounds simple, but it is pretty rare--by working in good faith to get good things done and to solve real problems for the real people who have put their trust in us. That is what I came to Congress to do. That is what I joined the House Armed Services Committee to do. That is what we worked to do in the National Defense Authorization Act. We worked in good faith to find common cause on cracking down on the high costs from housing to healthcare that are crushing our servicemembers and military families and to crack down equally on Pentagon waste, fraud, and abuse.

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Maggie Goodlander

Democratic · New Hampshire

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the oath of office and efforts in the National Defense Authorization Act.

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