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Reflecting on this year, I realize that the guidance of my constituents has been critical in every decision I have made while serving in Washington. I have listened to what they had to say, and applied their wisdom toward creating and supporting only those common-sense measures which would best benefit the American people.
At times those decisions were not always well-liked, but in the end, my constituents appreciated that I did what was right instead of what was always “popular.”
Now as we look ahead to a new Administration and a new Congress in Washington, I hope that our principles of fiscal conservatism, mutual cooperation and genuine concern for the well-being of the American people, will be their fundamental principles as well.
1 assure you, the same commitment and determination that burned in me when I decided to run for Congress still bums in me today. I will continue to work, not to reinvent government, but to return it to the purposes for which it was formed by the people: to protect life, liberty and property and not to be an oppressive enemy or meddlesome nanny. Working together, we will make such a change.
With heartfelt gratitude, I thank you for the trust you placed in me over the past year to be your Congressman. It has been 9 pleasure and an honor to represent such great Americans.
REP. GEORGE ALLEN
Seventh District
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