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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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