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Bob Goodlatte: “The oath we took as Members of the Congress was not, as much as we love it, to defend Arizona or California or Virginia…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
The oath we took as Members of the Congress was not, as much as we love it, to defend Arizona or California or Virginia; it was to defend the Constitution of the United States.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte emphasizes the duty of Congress to defend the Constitution over regional interests.

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