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The salary of a member of Congress ends the day that he of she leaves office.
Virgil Goode
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Virgil Goode
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 17
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Virginia State Senator
Richmond
Virginia
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We need to thank all of our troops, and particularly those for whom we can never express enough gratitude for they have given their lives so that all of us may be free and that our democracy can be a shining light for the rest of the world.
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In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways.
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For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted.
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