Bob Goodlatte actually said...

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

02/02/2015

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