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On the recordFebruary 8, 2017
My job is go where the law takes me... What matters intensely to me is whether the administration, any administration, is acting unlawful or unconstitutional way that harms the people that I represent.
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Bob Ferguson
Democratic · Washington

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Ferguson emphasizes his responsibility to uphold the law regardless of the political affiliation of the administration.

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