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On the recordSeptember 7, 2011
And it is also our job then to review those laws to determine whether or not we believe it in the best interest of the United States and if the public believes that there is something we should do that we should change it which is why the Founding Fathers gave us a 2-year time and not a lifetime term.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith asserts the importance of reviewing laws for public interest.

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