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in the federal government
that have something to do
with homeland security.
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Government's view of the economy
could be summed up in a few short
phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps
moving, regulate it. And if it stops
moving, subsidize it.
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The best critical consideration of the inherent
weakness of a federation of states in which the
law of the federation has to be enforced on the
states who are its members is contained in the
Federalist Papers.
(Kenneth Waltz)
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"This [Federal Reserve Act] establishes the most
gigantic trust on earth. When the President Woodrow
Wilson signs this bill, the invisible govemment of the
monetary power will be legalized the worst
legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this
banking and currency bill. "
"The financial system has been tumed over to the
Federal Reserve Board. That board administers the
finance system by authority of... a purely profiteering
group. The system is private, conducted for the sole
purpose of obtaining the greatest possible profits
from the use of other people's money. "
"From now on, depressions will be scientifically created. Like
two con men working a mark, the Fed made credit easy while
establishment newspapers hyped what riches could be made in
the stock market. "
- Charles August Lindbergh Sr, US Congressman 1907-1917
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Foreign aid is taking money from the
poor people of a rich country and
giving it to the rich people of a poor
Ren Paul
Federal spending is atrocious. Votes: 3
I am the Federal Government. Votes: 3
Tom DeLay
The Federal Reserve is answerable to no one. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt. Votes: 3
There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments. Votes: 3
Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve. Votes: 3
Shawn Amos
[The Federal Convention] is really an assembly of demigods. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny... Votes: 3
The Federal Department of Odds and Ends: sweepus underum carpetae. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve is no more federal than Federal Express, Votes: 3
Michael Ruppert
There's no hidden secrets going on in the Federal Reserve Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve System is nothing more than legalized counterfeit. Votes: 3
All the Federal Reserve can do is make loans against collateral. Votes: 3
There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke. Votes: 3
I think the role of the Federal Reserve is enormously exaggerated. Votes: 3
Federal funding for cities who consider themselves sanctuary cities should be reduced. Votes: 3
Federal judges are just very reluctant to stick the government with responsibility. Votes: 3
Stewart Udall
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve cannot solve all the economy's problems on its own. Votes: 3
The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks. Votes: 3
Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System. Votes: 3
P. J. O'Rourke
The Federal Reserve has the responsibility to protect the credit rights of consumers. Votes: 3
Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year. Votes: 3
Dick Thornburgh
The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government. Votes: 3
The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years. Votes: 3
When the Federal government buys the mortgages, they're not spending it, they're investing it. Votes: 3
Howard Warren Buffett
There's not enough of us in the Northern Territory in Federal Parliament to squabble. Votes: 3
Federal Officer: The arms piled on the ground were not worth 10 cents a ton. Votes: 3
Clint Johnson
We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers. Votes: 3
William Rehnquist
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity. Votes: 3
Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq. Votes: 3
Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders. Votes: 3
Federal prosecutors want to indict Julian Assange for making public a great many classified documents. Votes: 3
Barton Gellman
In 2005, attorneys general of 35 states urged the Federal Reserve to end the unsigned check system. Votes: 3
One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . . Votes: 3
Ever since the Federal reserve was born, (in 1913) we have been living under a lie. Votes: 3
Michael Maloney
The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need. Votes: 3
Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders Votes: 3
The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening." Votes: 3
Campbell Newman
The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening. Votes: 3
Market forces will one day crush the Federal Reserve. One day, the market forces will reverse. Votes: 3
Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge. Votes: 3
I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us. Votes: 3
Who are to be the electors of the Federal Representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor Votes: 3
There is no entity in the world that controls our lives more than the Federal Reserve System Votes: 3
Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences. Votes: 3
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. Votes: 3
If the fiscal cliff occurs, I don't think the Federal Reserve has the tools to offset that event. Votes: 3
The first interview I went on I got at age 5. It was a commercial for First Federal Bank. Votes: 3
It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. Votes: 3
We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law. Votes: 3
The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process. Votes: 3
Jim Walsh
The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery. Votes: 3
The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners. Votes: 3
Bill Dedman
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been requested to assist in the investigation of reported sightings of flying disks... Votes: 3
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea, no? Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks. Votes: 3
The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid. Votes: 3
Federal laws against kickbacks bar pharmaceutical companies from directly giving money to patients for co-payments on the drugs they make. Votes: 3
Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people. Votes: 3
Africa can and will only advance through African integration, which can be realized through the Federal United States of Africa Votes: 3
Cheikh Anta Diop
Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006. Votes: 3
We are going to put an end to the notion that the American taxpayer exists to fund the Federal Government. Votes: 3
Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use. Votes: 3
Richard M. Nixon
Clean water is not an expenditure of Federal funds; clean water is an investment in the future of our country. Votes: 3
Bud Shuster
The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need. Votes: 3
Harlan F. Stone
I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money... but city and state governments cannot. Votes: 3
[On reporters trying to cajole a smile from her husband, Alan Greenspan:] For a Federal Reserve chairman, that was a smile. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve Act requires the Federal Reserve to report annually on its operations and to publish its balance sheet weekly. Votes: 3
This is what Christianity is. We believe the Old Testament, but ours is more like Federal Express. You have to obey laws. Votes: 3
Federal government shutdowns are unsettling, because you realize how little you depend on it compared to the money you give in taxes. Votes: 3
Government doesn't work. You work, I work, Federal Express works, Microsoft works, the Salvation Army works, Alcoholics Anonymous works, but government doesn't. Votes: 3
Harry Browne
We do not interpret bitcoin's popularity as having a relationship with the public's view of the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy Votes: 3
You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation. Votes: 3
Judd Gregg
Almost every aspect of its (Federal Reserve) history should be approached with a discriminating disregard for what is commonly taught or believed. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers. Votes: 3
That is the one thing in my public career that I regret--my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law. Votes: 3
We [Federal Government] have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. Votes: 3
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
The Obama administration's plan is to have the Federal Reserve regulate banks that might pose a 'systemic risk' if they were to fail. Votes: 3
The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise. Votes: 3
Russ Carnahan
The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets. Votes: 3
The Federal government does not have any information about extraterrestrial life to conceal, and there are no secret projects for me to investigate. Votes: 3
While Hillary Clinton meets only with donors and lobbyists, my plan was crafted with the input from Federal Immigration offices, very great people. Votes: 3
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is committed to policies that promote maximum employment and price stability, consistent with our mandate from Congress. Votes: 3
Federal gas tax revenues that are paid into the trust fund by highway users should be used for programs that benefit highway users. Votes: 3
Cynthia Lummis
Research is one of the Nation's very greatest resources and the role of the Federal Government in supporting and stimulating it needs to reexamined. Votes: 3
If, in [Federal Housing Administration] application, black folks were excluded from it, then you have to override that by going after those discriminatory practices. Votes: 3
Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collective. To understand this is to understand why we are doomed with the Federal Reserve Votes: 3
Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collective. To understand this is to understand why we are doomed with the Federal Reserve. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve System is not Federal; it has no reserves; and it is not a system at all, but rather, a criminal syndicate. Votes: 3
Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive Votes: 3
The Federal Department of Education should be eliminated. The Department of Education is unconstitutional and should not be involved in education, at any level. Votes: 3
Bombing the Murrah Federal Building was morally and strategically equivalent to the U.S. hitting a government building in Serbia, Iraq, or other nations. Votes: 3
We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy. Votes: 3
Federal policy should not block those who are prepared to risk their own wealth to create an enormous energy export industry here in America. Votes: 3
...the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals Votes: 3
Well, the chairman of Federal Reserve just made his move to rescue Barack Obama. We're gonna have QE3. We're gonna print some more money. Votes: 3
The Original Sin which brought us to the brink of bankruptcy and dictatorship was the Federal Income Tax Amendment and its illegitimate child, Federal Aid. Votes: 3
The retirement system that is in place for members of Congress and other federal workers features what is known as the Federal Employment Retirement Plan. Votes: 3
There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank. Votes: 3
Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Votes: 3
Richard Ernst
The Federal Reserve... is in the position of the chaperone who has ordered the punch bowl removed just when the party was really warming up. Votes: 3
William McChesney Martin
History has recorded nothing so dramatic in design, nor so skillfully manipulated, as this attempt to create the National Reserve Association, or the Federal Reserve. Votes: 3
After the 1929 crash, the Federal Reserve mistakenly focused its policies on preserving the gold value of the dollar rather than on stabilizing the domestic economy. Votes: 3
The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy. Votes: 3
In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources. Votes: 3
Ron Kind
The Middle East is literally going up in flames, as is California, and Katrina's problems haven't been solved, and Congress' response is to criticize Federal judges. Votes: 3
Alcee Hastings
The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage. Votes: 3
Sherwood Boehlert
Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance. Votes: 3
In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people. Votes: 3
There is a European Central Bank, of course, established and it has the structure similar to the Federal Reserve system, not precisely the same but similar. Votes: 3
Robert C. Solomon
We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the pollution of our waters. Votes: 3
The record in the Federal Court discloses that (the NCI) took sides and sought in every way to hinder, suppress and restrict...(a) treatment of cancer. Votes: 3
Benedict Fitzgerald
Federal nutrition programs are the first line of defense for food insecure Americans, but do not meet all of the needs of everyone who needs help. Votes: 3
Vicki Escarra
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. Votes: 3
Winfield Scott
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It [1991 Federal budget] contains almost 190,000 accounts. At a rate of one per minute, eight hours a day, it would take over a year to reflect upon these! Votes: 3
Richard Darman
It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their decisions Votes: 3
But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business. Votes: 3
In my case, I pay a standard premium to participate in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Plan for my wife and myself out of each month's paycheck. Votes: 3
Prices are going up. Unemployment continues to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve system. Votes: 3
Prices are going up. Unemployment is continue to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve system. Votes: 3
No major institution in the US has so poor a record of performance over so long a period as the Federal Reserve, yet so high a public reputation. Votes: 3
Sen. Frist has every right, and indeed the duty, to see that every presidential nominee for the Federal bench at every level gets an up or down vote. Votes: 3
John Jay Hooker
The Federal Reserve was not founded to bail out Bear Stearns or a few hedge funds. It was founded to keep a stable currency and maintain its value. Votes: 3
I think it would be interesting to know about the Federal Reserve. I think we should audit the Federal Reserve. It's taxpayers money that is being used there Votes: 3
A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver. Votes: 3
Real time functioning should have the PM and the CMs of the states working in tandem. The Federal structure is important in letter and spirit, it is our strength Votes: 3
On the steps of the Federal Building we ran into Carmencita Ibanez, a classmate of ours and one of the nice things about being a member of a race with two sexes. Votes: 3
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. Votes: 2
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. Votes: 2
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. Votes: 2
We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services. Votes: 2
At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line. Votes: 2
One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation. Votes: 2
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War. Votes: 2
Michael Badnarik
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement. Votes: 2
So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Votes: 2
Ibrahim Rugova
I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster. Votes: 2
The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances. This was to prevent any branch of the government from becoming too powerful. Votes: 2
Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message. Votes: 2
They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness. Votes: 2
Hugh Sidey
The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit. Votes: 2
Mike Johanns
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. Votes: 2
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. Votes: 2
Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local sales tax they pay throughout the year from their federal tax bill, especially when people in most states are deducting their state income taxes. Votes: 2
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
The steel workers have now buried their dead, while the widows weep and watch their orphaned children become objects of public charity. The murder of these unarmed men has never been publicly rebuked by any authoritative officer of the state or federal government. Votes: 2
John L. Lewis
We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II. Votes: 2
America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for. Votes: 2
The reason most people don't express their individuality and actually deny it, is not fear of what prime ministers think of us or the head of the federal reserve, It's what their families and their friends down at the bar are going to think of them. Votes: 2
If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to become chairman of the Federal Reserve, but you're never allowed to discuss any economics after you leave,' I'd have said, 'Forget it.' What do they want me to do? Become an anthropologist?' Votes: 2
The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government's gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve that would have $2.8 trillion in assets. We've gotten out of control. Votes: 2
And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples. Votes: 2
I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He doesn't worry about the Federal Reserve. He doesn't worry about foreign policy. He doesn't talk about civil liberties, so I would have a hard time to expect him to ever invite me to campaign with him. Votes: 2
Roll back federal spending to 2008 levels. Votes: 0
Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending. Votes: 0
I don't bow down to the federal government. Votes: 0
Not federal government's job to do good deeds. Votes: 0
We should have a very limited federal government. Votes: 0
Paul Broun
Faith is the black person's federal reserve system. Votes: 0
Hattie McDaniel
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. Votes: 0
Too many Americans are dependent on federal government. Votes: 0
Once created, federal programs are nearly impossible to eliminate. Votes: 0
There is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Votes: 0
Elena Kagan
The federal government views the Constitution as its enemy. Votes: 0
It's the federal government's job to secure the border. Votes: 0
The federal government is our servant, not our master. Votes: 0
Most of the federal government could be shut down. Votes: 0
It (marijuana) will still be legal under federal law. Votes: 0
Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending. Votes: 0
I do not believe we should shut down the federal government. Votes: 0
The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment. Votes: 0
My effectiveness is best placed in solving problems through federal solutions. Votes: 0
George Nethercutt
I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties. Votes: 0
The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design. Votes: 0
Daniel Keys Moran
The federal government is basically an insurance company with an army. Votes: 0
Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax. Votes: 0
Resisting overreaching by the federal government is appropriate and, yes, even patriotic. Votes: 0
Some of the federal programs to help homeowners were never fully implemented. Votes: 0
Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate. Votes: 0
The federal government should be less important in our lives, not more. Votes: 0
People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care. Votes: 0
Mike Conaway
The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor. Votes: 0
The federal government may not disarm individual citizens without some unusually strong justification. Votes: 0
Communicating with the federal government is like talking to a computer that's crashing. Votes: 0
Steve Kluger
The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys. Votes: 0
The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges. Votes: 0
Child support should do just that - support children, not the federal government. Votes: 0
Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner. Votes: 0
Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won. Votes: 0
I was 12 minutes late. Let's not make a federal case out of it. Votes: 0
Christopher Michael Cillizza
Because federal hate-crime laws criminalize thoughts, they are incompatible with a free society. Votes: 0
Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery. Votes: 0
The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack. Votes: 0
Bob Etheridge
Health care providers, saving lives daily in our emergency rooms, live with federal mandates. Votes: 0
Barbara Ann Radnofsky
Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility. Votes: 0
The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government. Votes: 0
The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy. Votes: 0
Alice Rivlin
Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit. Votes: 0
Marcia Angell
Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol. Votes: 0
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating. Votes: 0
I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it. Votes: 0
I must oppose the use of federal funds for a policy of killing infants. Votes: 0
The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice. Votes: 0
Those who analogize the federal budget to a family's budget must know nothing about either. Votes: 0
Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline. Votes: 0
Mark Kirk
They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program. Votes: 0
I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders. Votes: 0
I don't want the federal government to rush in and bail the out right away. Votes: 0
Dennis Moore
Many environmental advocates argue that agricultural pollution will be reduced only through stronger federal laws. Votes: 0
Are we ever going to have a federal tax system that regular people can understand? Votes: 0
As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices. Votes: 0
Greg Walden
Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union Votes: 0
Francois Mitterrand
I'm saying the federal government is taking away the freedom of Americans to make choices. Votes: 0
Paul LePage
I would absolutely never use the federal government to enforce the law of using marijuana Votes: 0
One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption. Votes: 0
George Brandis
When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities. Votes: 0
In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman Votes: 0
Constance Baker Motley
Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits. Votes: 0
But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. Votes: 0
James Q. Wilson
But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government Votes: 0
When it comes to federal programs, even if states are discriminating, the federal government should not. Votes: 0
Evan Wolfson
It is surely only a matter of time before some federal judge finds the Constitution unconstitutional. Votes: 0
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer. Votes: 0
If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in. Votes: 0
We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government. Votes: 0
They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade. Votes: 0
I believe that the federal government should be laying down broadband like Eisenhower laid down interstates. Votes: 0
John Hodgman
The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque. Votes: 0
It's going to be true that anything that reduces the federal deficit will have somebody unhappy. Votes: 0
Jacob Lew
I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions. Votes: 0
Judy Biggert
What the federal government does basically is borrow money from people and mail it to people. Votes: 0
As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money. Votes: 0
The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way. Votes: 0
There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security. Votes: 0
It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved. Votes: 0
All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield. Votes: 0
Earl Warren
Today most habeas involves the federal courts overriding state convictionswhere it used to be mostly the reverse. Votes: 0
Anthony Gregory
All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield Votes: 0
Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity. Votes: 0
Pranab Mukherjee
In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats. Votes: 0
The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama. Votes: 0
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern. Votes: 0
Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits. Votes: 0
Under Howard, federal government support for black Australia slowly dried up. Services were slashed, native title restricted. Votes: 0
The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone. Votes: 0
It actually turns out to be much harder to really understand government across state local and federal. Votes: 0
The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer. Votes: 0
The federal government has been a proven failure in picking winners and losers in the energy sector. Votes: 0
There is hardly a facet of life that is now free of some sort of federal action. Votes: 0
Millicent Fenwick
Mission creep is not unique to Congress. It is endemic to all arms of the federal government.... Votes: 0
Bruce Fein
There cannot be a federal state of Europe without all citizens receiving the same benefits and rights. Votes: 0
The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion. Votes: 0
Preston Manning
I believe the states can best govern our home concerns and the federal government our foreign ones. Votes: 0
So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor. Votes: 0
Most Americans agree that federal money, their tax money shouldn't be used to help pay for abortions. Votes: 0
The President forgot to mention the Moon, Mars, and the federal deficit - all of which are sky-high. Votes: 0
Brad Sherman
The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. Votes: 0
It is time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government. Votes: 0
I will cancel every illegal Obamacare executive order. I will cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities. Out. Votes: 0
Once a federal law or policy is in place it is more difficult to kill than a vampire. Votes: 0
Full federal funding for presidential libraries should bring with it new rules of control over papers and artifacts. Votes: 0
The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security. Votes: 0
Bob Inglis
Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success. Votes: 0
Tom Harkin
The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights. Votes: 0
Pierre Trudeau
I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs. Votes: 0
Dan Gelber
Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth. Votes: 0
I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Votes: 0
We have federal standards for everything in America except the one thing you need most - your health. Votes: 0
Steve Kagen
I believe colleges should not be allowed to benefit from unlimited federal largesse while taking advantage of students. Votes: 0
Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars. Votes: 0
Jose Serrano
The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached. Votes: 0
William Safire
Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests. Votes: 0
Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs. Votes: 0
In California, up to 15 percent of wells in agricultural areas exceed a federal contaminant threshold, according to studies. Votes: 0
Obama believes in a big central government, where the federal government controls everything in our lives. That's socialism. Votes: 0
Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries. Votes: 0
Martin L. Gross
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they're not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt. Votes: 0
Since there is no orderly way to liquidate the federal debt, we must brace for a payment crisis. Votes: 0
Hans F. Sennholz
We must move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money. Votes: 0
My personal taxes are 53% of my taxable income. That's 36% on the federal level and 17% for state and local. Votes: 0
Stephen A. Schwarzman
We need sensible gun safety measures. The federal government could do something about this; they could show up. Votes: 0
Michael Nutter
I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states. Votes: 0
I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge. Votes: 0
I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals. Votes: 0
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. Votes: 0
John Yoo
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. Votes: 0
One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians. Votes: 0
Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure. Votes: 0
I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust. Votes: 0
Mike Quigley
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution. Votes: 0
I don't think the federal government or federal candidates should be making decisions on everything and opining on everything. Votes: 0
I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust. Votes: 0
Only our own strength, a strong conservative party, can prevent Red-Red-Green from taking power at the federal level in 2017. Votes: 0
All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts. Votes: 0
John Walters
For small businesses, you need less taxes, less federal spending, and you need less regulation that blocks their growth. Votes: 0
We have taken appropriate steps to ensure that we have the safest possible system. We're working with federal officials. Votes: 0
Donna Brazile
Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting. Votes: 0
The blame for the maddening complications of the federal tax system goes to the people with the most money Votes: 0
Nicholas von Hoffman
Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again. Votes: 0
I strongly agree that a National Intelligence Director should be established to oversee and coordinate the 15 federal intelligence agencies. Votes: 0
Jim Ramstad
Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical. Votes: 0
The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government. Votes: 0
Mike Crapo
Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy. Votes: 0
The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that. Votes: 0
State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly. Votes: 0
The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land (in the Western states). Votes: 0
Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour. Votes: 0
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years. Votes: 0
This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts. Votes: 0
Dirk Kempthorne
I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates. Votes: 0
Above all, ascribe no decent motives to the federal government. Always and everywhere, it is the enemy of truth. Votes: 0
Llewellyn Rockwell
We have a balance of $ .32 in the bank . . . Which makes us four-and-a-half trillion dollars richer than the federal government. Votes: 0
Jim Borgman
Too young to party, just odd enough to participate in federal investigations of serial murder. Story of my life. Votes: 0
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
For me, appropriate policy means that we continue to reduce accommodation and return to a neutral federal funds rate Votes: 0
Michael H. Moskow
Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws. Votes: 0
John Shadegg
Forced federal registration of U.S. citizens based on religious identity is fascism, period. Nothing else to call it. Votes: 0
In the 1950s, buggery was a criminal offence. Now it's a requirement to receive benefits from the federal government. Votes: 0
Garry Breitkreuz
Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government. Votes: 0
I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. Votes: 0
It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government. Votes: 0
Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction. Votes: 0
Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing. Votes: 0
Bob Barr
American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas. Votes: 0
The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration. Votes: 0
We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program. Votes: 0
My federal, state, and local experience will allow me the opportunity to effectively represent the constituents of the Fourth District. Votes: 0
Gloria Negrete McLeod
Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history. Votes: 0
The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research. Votes: 0
Well my question is if the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over a constitutional question then who the hell does? Votes: 0
I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election. Votes: 0
We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care. Votes: 0
Todd Akin
Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi? Votes: 0
There are a lot of things that are done in the federal government that are done because Washington did them. Votes: 0
Kevin Gutzman
The need for bold and aggressive federal action to create jobs and restore confidence in our battered economy is clear. Votes: 0
Nita Lowey
I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful. Votes: 0
Steve Largent
What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S. Votes: 0
John Warren Kindt
Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion. Votes: 0
Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole. Votes: 0
Actually, attorneys say, copying a purchased CD for even one friend violates the federal copyright code most of the time. Votes: 0
The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power. Votes: 0
It seems that nearly every American either has a share of federal spending or has a close relative who does. Votes: 0
Trent Lott
The federal government is like a handicapped turtle trying to crawl around and keep up with the rabbit, which is technology. Votes: 0
Jim Breithaupt
Medicare will usher in federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have know it in this country. Votes: 0
State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation. Votes: 0
Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk Votes: 0
We have undocumented immigrants in America who are paying more federal income tax than a billionaire. I find that just astonishing. Votes: 0
Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk. Votes: 0
Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses. Votes: 0
Charles A. Beard
We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector. Votes: 0
Donald T. Regan
Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state. Votes: 0
Arizona seeks only to enforce the nominal immigration policy of the United States. Perhaps the federal government should try it sometime. Votes: 0
Quebecers have rarely in their history been better represented than they are right now-at the highest levels of the federal government. Votes: 0
Kim Campbell
It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger. Votes: 0
[Charles ] Kushner engaged in a conspiracy, with co-conspirators, to hire prostitutes to entice witnesses who were cooperating with the federal investigation. Votes: 0
A federal appellate circuit looked at what [Barak] Obama was doing and said he can't do it. Immigration law is settled. Votes: 0
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
As a former federal prosecutor, I welcome the opportunity to hold Hillary Rodham Clinton accountable for her performance and her character. Votes: 0
If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it's an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. Votes: 0
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job. Votes: 0
The circus doesn't stop. A federal appeals court has postponed the recall election. How stupid are we? Even our recalls get recalled. Votes: 0
The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures. Votes: 0
The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens. Votes: 0
Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate the federal government to benefit the majority. Votes: 0
Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage? Votes: 0
Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly. Votes: 0
The Democrats are using the human trafficking bill's language that's been there for 40 years, regarding the use of federal funds for abortion. Votes: 0
There isn't one thing the federal government does that anybody in Big Business would emulate, at least not in the profit sector. Votes: 0
It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture. Votes: 0
Unreason is now ascendant in the United States—in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal government. Votes: 0
Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it? Votes: 0
Richard M. Daley
Thomas Vilsack
There is so much chaos and dysfunction going on with the federal government that Dallas can't wait any longer for federal help. Votes: 0
The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect. Votes: 0
Henry Knox
There are some power-abusing, corrupt monsters in our federal government that despise me because I have the audacity to speak the truth. Votes: 0
If we continue to allow the federal government to live beyond its means, we will all soon have to live beneath ours. Votes: 0
It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina. Votes: 0
Mel Martinez
The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget. Votes: 0
Mark Dayton
Of course, Mississippi participates in federal matching programs for everything from preserving the post-Civil War home of Jefferson Davis to beaver control. Votes: 0
Ronnie Musgrove
I wouldn't want the federal government dictating how I use my cameras, every community has their own issues and their own dynamics. Votes: 0
Kenneth R. Miller
Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues. Votes: 0
Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. Votes: 0
I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers. Votes: 0
David Neeleman
Canada has a real civil service, which the United States doesn't have, an independent civil service. Canada also has a stronger federal system. Votes: 0
I think the motive is to establish in federal law the personhood from conception forward and try and alter the Constitution through statute. Votes: 0
Zoe Lofgren
We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability. Votes: 0
It's April 15, tax day. The federal tax code is over 74,000 pages long. But stick with it because after page 72,000, it gets really good. Votes: 0
I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can. Votes: 0
The rule of the bourgeois democrats [in pre-federal Germany], from the very first, will carry within it the seeds of its own destruction Votes: 0
American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world. Votes: 0
Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies. Votes: 0
Jim Clyburn
As the nation-state has monopolized habeas corpus … on balance we have far more people in prison, federal and state, than ever. Votes: 0
It has been observed, [that for the federal government] to coerce the States is one of the maddest projects that was ever devised. Votes: 0
I think in the real world that's probably correct. That would give federal matching funds. It would mean no more ballot access woes. Votes: 0
William Weld
Press releases tell us when federal agencies do something right, but the Freedom of Information Act lets us know when they do not. Votes: 0
Patrick Leahy
The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our state leaders have made that determination. Votes: 0
Since September 11th, federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of them have been convicted. Votes: 0
Jim Sensenbrenner
My view is that discrimination against anyone at the ballot box is wrong and should have the full enforcement of the federal government. Votes: 0
If I have tried to bring anything to federal politics, it is the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart. Votes: 0
A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws. Votes: 0
Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job. Votes: 0
We have our differences since the beginning of America. It's a legitimate difference. What is the role of government, et cetera, federal, state, local? Votes: 0
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. Votes: 0
I will work with local police and appoint the best prosecutors and federal investigators, whose mission will be to ensure every American is safe. Votes: 0
The great leading objects of the federal government, in which revenue is concerned, are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the common defense. Votes: 0
The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard. Votes: 0
We've already seen the federal government stretch their regulatory tentacles into our homes and determine what kind of light bulbs we have to use. Votes: 0
[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10 years ago. Votes: 0
Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability. Votes: 0
I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken. Votes: 0
We had planned to integrate a Web browser with our operating system as far back as 1993( filing its first court responses to federal antitrust) Votes: 0
I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues. Votes: 0
Alan Autry
Like IBM, the company [Microsoft] seems to have been spooked by the federal antitrust action against it and became increasingly sclerotic and less inventive. Votes: 0
Stephen Manes
Criminal conduct by police officers, federal agents, and their confederates cannot be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law. Votes: 0
Loretta Lynch
For too long, unfunded federal mandates have drained the budgets of states and communities. The strength and vitality of our communities must be restored. Votes: 0
We want to shut down the day laborer site. This day laborer site undermines and violates federal immigration law, and it can't go forward. Votes: 0
Tom Fitton
The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. Votes: 0
I have left the federal government and the German Bundestag; I have resigned from all my positions in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Votes: 0
Gustav Heinemann
I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic homogeneous neighborhoods. Votes: 0
It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government. Votes: 0
the poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal budget deficit reduction war that few other groups were drafted to fight ... Votes: 0
Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena. Votes: 0
[Donald Trump] borrows money from all kinds of people around the world, including more than $100 million from a German bank now under federal investigation. Votes: 0
At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. Votes: 0
Never steal anything so small that you'll have to go to an unpleasant city jail for it instead of a minimum-security federal tennis prison. Votes: 0
America is now a socialist economy. The definition of a socialist economy is when 50% or more of your economy is dependent on the federal government. Votes: 0
Incredibly, whenever I have proposed the theory that half of government workers could be cut, current and former federal employees I know have all agreed. Votes: 0
Ronald Kessler
I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Votes: 0
71 percent of the American people think that the federal government should take no more than 20 percent of anybody's paycheck no matter how much they make. Votes: 0
Bush always has viewed himself as an "activist," which flies in the face of some conservative notions, such as the federal government's role in education. Votes: 0
Robert Draper
The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution. Votes: 0
We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage. Votes: 0
I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact. Votes: 0
Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state. Votes: 0
Every time we spend a federal dollar, what we're doing is we're pulling money out of somebody's pocket, and we're giving it to somebody else. Votes: 0
Not only is it possible to do lean startup in federal government, but it's the most effective way to drive change in the federal government. Votes: 0
Todd Park
We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do. Votes: 0
Nan Hayworth
The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better than the private sector will spend it. Votes: 0
That's not the federal law. What you're confusing is law with the opinion of a justice, what one lone federal judge says is not law. Votes: 0
Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises. Votes: 0
The federal government has never created one job that is sustainable long term. It creates government project work but not creating real work where people are. Votes: 0
Instead of talking about cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, we must end the absurdity of corporations not paying a nickel in federal income taxes. Votes: 0
We can adhere to the Henry Hyde amendment by saying that no federal funds will be used for abortions. And that's the bottom line for me. Votes: 0
Henry Cuellar
A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that. Votes: 0
We do need the federal government to share information with us. We need local governments to increase supply. We need affordable places for people to live. Votes: 0
I like the idea of federal employees licensed to carry weapons who are also heavily medicated; it just works for me on all sorts of levels. Votes: 0
Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of almost every other nation. Votes: 0
The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online. Votes: 0
It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier. Votes: 0
The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period. Votes: 0
The only study that the federal government has engaged in with a vengeance is in trying to see if they can make women fertile after menopause. Votes: 0
Patricia Schroeder
Corruption at every level, city, state, federal, all has helped in making New Orleans a disaster area, the most disappearing land mass on the planet Earth. Votes: 0
Extending federal unemployment insurance is vital for millions of Americans laid off through no fault of their own, and it serves as an important economic stimulus. Votes: 0
Sander Levin
I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. Votes: 0
Fossil fuel corporations are supposed to pay the government fair market royalties in exchange for the right to drill on public lands or in federal waters. Votes: 0
Your federal government needs your money so that it can perform vital services for you that you would not think up yourself in a million years. Votes: 0
What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. Votes: 0
When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually. Votes: 0
Even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got. Votes: 0
The climate change plan set out a few days ago by federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair will get us there, which is why I strongly support it. Votes: 0
We simply can't keep providing money from the federal government in the form of subsidized or actual loans and Pell Grants when we don't have the money. Votes: 0
Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are in for drug crimes. Votes: 0
Michael Botticelli
The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control. Votes: 0
We're wild horses. We're going to eat your food, knock down your tent and poop on your shoes. We're protected by federal law, just like Richard Nixon. Votes: 0
We should scrub all of our federal regulations to find responsible ways to make life easier to small businesses, i want to be a small business president. Votes: 0
The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result. Votes: 0
Raymond Kelly
I pay tax, and I pay federal tax, too. But I have a write-off, a lot of it's depreciation, which is a wonderful charge. I love depreciation. Votes: 0
Bob Riley, a kind soul who "treads lightly in this world," is in the 22nd year of a federal life without parole LSD sentence. Votes: 0
What is good for Alaska is good for the country. Transferring power from the federal government to the states provides opportunity to all states, not just Alaska. Votes: 0
As long as humanity has been human, it has looked toward the heavens and dreamed that some day, some way, there would be giant federal contracts involved. Votes: 0
Congress has an opportunity to take advantage of the opening created by Justice Kennedy later this year when it reauthorizes the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Votes: 0
I don't think religious groups should be allowed to apply for federal funds to start new ministries they have not been doing before the funding was available. Votes: 0
Pick at random any three letters from the alphabet, put them in any order, and you will have an acronym designating a federal agency we can do without. Votes: 0
I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking. Votes: 0
All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars. Votes: 0
There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so. Votes: 0
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help." Votes: 0
If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city. Votes: 0
Jane Byrne
When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set. Votes: 0
I don't like local, state or federal level of got mandating anything in our lives , in our families, and in our businesses, unless it comes to saving lives. Votes: 0
On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government. Votes: 0
Becka might have been average in L.A., but average in L.A. is Queen of Mars in the visiting room of a federal penitentiary in North Carolina. Votes: 0
When I came into the job, funding for the humanities at the federal level was being drastically cut. This was the high tide of the new Republican Congress. Votes: 0
Robert Hass
The level of analysis that is done when you see laws created, whether it's the city or state or federal level - it's much more horse-trading than analysis. Votes: 0
To cut the federal budget without cutting entitlements is like giving up chocolate-chip cookies and then deciding it's OK to eat the ones that don't have any nuts. Votes: 0
It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the excesses of the federal government. Votes: 0
We need to have more second chance programs. I'm glad that we're ending private prisons in the federal system; I want to see them ended in the state system. Votes: 0
I've loved being in legislative office on a state level, and I think on a federal level there are so many more opportunities. I'm so excited to accomplish more. Votes: 0
Grace Meng
We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government. Votes: 0
Tim Scott
I don't think anybody else from my generation had federal agents standing at their door with a badge and a gun, saying: 'You are going to answer my questions'. Votes: 0
The fact of the matter is that hope comes from many sources. I think depending on the federal government to be some sort of a savior is false hope. Votes: 0
I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves. Votes: 0
Where the federal government and the taxpayer has had funds misused, we need to use the full extent of the law to get those funds back for the taxpayer. Votes: 0
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Postal Service must reduce its stamp prices. The change in stamp prices is expected to affect as many as seven Americans. Votes: 0
I support workplace clean air. But a federal ban on smoking would mean that you couldn't smoke in your own home. I don't care what people do in their home. Votes: 0
We don't want the federal government to shut down. It is so inappropriate, and it is not respectful of the people that have sent us here to do our jobs. Votes: 0
I was indicted on two federal conspiracies. My wife was on the Ten Most Wanted list. That's what fascism was going to look like. That's what it did look like. Votes: 0
I was a federal public defender during the most important years of the drug war. I saw people go to jail for nothing, and go to jail for a long time. Votes: 0
It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge. Votes: 0
Soledad O'Brien
Zunächst einmal ist die Federal Reserve eine unabhängige Agentur. Das bedeutet, dass es keine Regierungsagentur gibt, die unsere Aktionen außer Kraft setzen kann.
Greenspan, Alan
We had Americans gather together in prayer, before they went to stand before the federal government ... that prayed for peace, that there wouldn't be confrontation.
Matt Shea
The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above the Supreme Court.
This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social spending programs.
America has got the equivalent of stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in.
The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.
There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must count dimpled ballots, constitutional or otherwise.
Bill Vaughan
Perhaps Americans should recognize that if they want to keep their privacy, they should ask the federal government to do only the things that the Constitution allows.
Concerning First Amendment fetishism - A federal subsidy for a photo of a crucifix suspended in a jar of urine is fine, but religious figures on stamps are offensive.
Don Feder
The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.
Jean-Claude Trichet
I'm a former federal prosecutor, I've fought terrorists and won and when we get back in the White House we will fight terrorists and win again and America will be safe.
In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government
John Moody
A 1999 report by a bipartisan federal panel on gambling concluded the United States should put a hold on further casinos until it is clear what the impact is on America
Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].
The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights in respect to slavery.
John Henninger Reagan
The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the stop-gap support of the Federal Reserve.
Kenneth C. Griffin
I believe that States should be credited for their non-Federal investment in revenue-generating transportation facilities to address their regional transportation needs.
Michael C. Burgess
...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service.
My mom was always active. She was always an active voter, whether it was local, state, or federal elections. My mom would take us to polling locations when we were kids.
You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts
If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one in Washington ever mentions it.
As Americans we must always remember that we all have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous, powerful, and relentless. I refer, of course, to the federal government.
Could America exist without an income tax? The idea seems radical, yet in truth America did just fine without a federal income tax for the first 126 years of her history.
Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American
We are living in a time when the very integrity of the Constitution is being threatened daily, from federal bailouts to federal assumption of control over private business.
I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for... protection against standing armies
Hillary Clinton used a private email account to conduct official state business. Experts say that if this violates any federal rules, then she . . . will still be president.
The term 'cost shifting,' as I use it, refers to those items in a university's budget that used to be reimbursed by the federal government but are no longer paid for by them.
Charles M. Vest
If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.
When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge.
Under the federal reserve act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figured, a mathematical equation.
After returning from his stint in the minors made reference to the movie Slapshot with: I'm happy to be back. It was never my aspiration as a kid to play in the Federal league.
Glenn Healy
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same government.
Who's gonna give me a TV show? I didn't work for an impeached, disbarred President who was held in contempt by a federal judge. That's what they look for in objective reporters.
I would pay to have those adjudications enrolled into the federal background system so we could detect people who are mentally ill before they buy a gun. That is a real problem.
Every dollar the federal government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us, will make our economy stronger, our lives more abundant, our future more free.
So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind.
William Eldridge Odom
The Federal Narcotics Bureau does a grave disservice by disseminating a lot of misinformation. Most of what they say is such nonsense that I didn't believe them about addiction.
Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget.
The federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it . . . is now universally admitted.
[Police chiefs ] want support, they want more training, they want more assistance. And I think the federal government could be in a position where we would offer and provide that.
Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is an insurance company with an Army.
Scott Pelley
I'm sure that those - well, I know for a fact that the prisoners, the political prisoners in the federal system, is asking [Barack Obama] for clemency or for some kind of release.
Sekou Odinga
If the exercise of power of internal taxation by the Union should be discovered on experiment to be really inconvenient, the federal government may then forbear the use of it . . .
I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.
The Federal Reserve the privately owned U.S. central bank definitely caused The Great Depression by contracting the amount of currency in circulation by one third from 1929 to 1933.
The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public with a bottomless sense of entitlement to federal money.
Many of the opposition [to the new Federal Constitution] wish to take from Congress the power of internal taxation. Calculation has convinced me that this would be very mischievous.
Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are able to dominate the bank reserves of the entire country.
Nelson W. Aldrich
The fact that the federal government is the nation's greatest environmental villain has not stopped activists from reflexively turning to politicians to "protect the environment."
David Bergland
We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.
As we learned from the Clinton administration and much of the media, a machine gun in the hands of a federal agent is now a symbol of benevolence and concern for a child's well-being.
The federal government would give money to the states. States would be able to negotiate at local rates. It's not Medicaid. People didn't want it to be Medicaid in Washington, either.
I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running for federal office. I will support that as president.
The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.
Lord Acton
Too many members of Congress believe they can solve all economic problems, cure all social ills, and bring about worldwide peace and prosperity simply by creating new federal programs.
Even when [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke said the recession was over ... you think that would have been a bigger boom somewhere, but it seems we just take everything in stride.
Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.....All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.
Nothing short of a federal investigation can begin to disclose the abuses which have woven a fine web of mutually implicating relationships between businessmen and government officials.
We'll be getting new health insurance and we'll presumably do it through my job with the Senate, and so we'll be on the federal exchange with millions of others on the federal exchange.
The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to the state legislatures.
As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes.
Luis Gutierrez
The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.
I don't believe the federal government should be involved in the creation of standards directly or indirectly, the creation of curriculum or content. It is clearly a state responsibility.
I was disappointed in how [Bill] Clinton, like [Jimmy] Carter, used the founders to argue for huge expansions in federal power, clearly beyond what the founders could have ever conceived.
Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and political talents much superior to our own.
Health care costs generally have gone up at a significantly slower rate since ObamaCare was passed than they did before, which has saved the federal Treasury hundreds of billions of dollars.
The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states.
The central banks cannot control interest rates. That's a mistake. They can control a particular rate, such as the Federal Funds rate, if they want to, but they can't control interest rates.
Federal overreach from agencies like the EPA is hurting family farms. I will fight against these crippling regulations, and always side with the hard working farmers and ranchers of Missouri.
Eric Greitens
I used to teach writing in a federal prison, and for my students' benefit, I would liken the narrative use of this highly personal point of view to a boxer's getting in close to his opponent.
Norman Lock
As far as co-operation with The Hague is concerned it's impossible (to arrest Milosevic) by March 31 without an agreement on the federal level despite the consequences such a move could have.
Zoran ?in?ic
Like some great swelling river, the powers of the federal government have today breached their constitutional levees and spilled into countless areas of life never anticipated by the founders.
Joel Miller
Once the government runs out of foreign and private sector bidders for new Treasurys, the Federal Reserve will be the only buyer, and the hyper-inflation cat will be completely out of the bag.
The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact.
A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't until 1975 that women had a guaranteed right to serve on federal juries.
I've laid out a very, very detailed immigration plan on my website, tedcruz.org. It's 11 pages of existing federal law and in particular the question of what to do with people who are here now.
The fact that Washington has been a complete logjam for anything for the last six years has got to change because we need to have federal policy that really allows us to move quickly and nimbly.
I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues of this campaign. In my opinion, it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.
But they don't use law-they use law for their interests. They don't go by law, international, federal, local-nothing! They go by whatever is expedient to protect the interests that are at stake.
I am running for president because it is obvious that no Democrat or Republican is ever going to stop the relentless growth of the federal government. only a Libertarian is going to set you free.
Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country
We have provided capital here with a couple of institutions recently. The Federal government did that in the '30s for the RFC and I think there could well be a proper role for government in that.
You have a wonderful organization. I understand you have ten thousand here. And if you count the ones in the various federal prisons, it brings your total membership up to around thirty thousand.
I'm absolutely confident that everybody that's been put to death is two things: One, they're guilty of the crime charged, and, secondly, they had full access to our courts, both state and federal.
The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and limited objects, beyond which it cannot extend its jurisdiction.
This president [Barack Obama ] has seen personnel records of people who have sacrificed for the American people and for the federal government stolen by the Chinese and he's done nothing in return.
President Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison yesterday. Obama said it was a good chance to talk about prison reform, and to catch up with so many former congressmen.
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms.
Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential.
As a libertarian I believe we should have a federal government simple and circumscribed enough to be run by an average, dull, normal American. With George W. Bush we have half the equation in place.
A generation ago [the Democratic Party] stood for progressive change. Now they defend every federal program as if each were sacred. They have become the most conservative force in American politics.
Today it's something about hallucinogenic tea, but tomorrow it could be something that Roman Catholics or Southern Baptists or a number of groups need some accommodation in relation to a federal law.
Charles Haynes
The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor.
Craig Fugate
Unlike the days of the gold standard, it is impossible for the Federal Reserve to go bankrupt; it holds the legal monopoly of counterfeiting (of creating money out of thin air) in the entire country.
The people I see on bicycles look like organic-gardening zealots who advocate federal regulation of bedtime and want American foreign policy to be dictated by UNICEF. These people should be confined.
[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a big pension fund that also happens to have an army.
Nothing good can come from the Federal Reserve. It is the biggest taxer of them all. Diluting the value of the dollar by increasing its supply is a vicious, sinister tax on the poor and middle class.
I have directed all my e-mails on clintonemail.com in my custody that were or potentially were federal records be provided to the Department of State and on information and belief, this has been done.
You might be a redneck if when you leave your house, you are followed by federal agents of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, and the only thing you worry about is if you can lose them or not.
A massive power outage in Washington, D.C., today affected a number of federal buildings, including the White House. When asked when they could restore power to the White House, officials said, '2016?'
The truth is the Federal Reserve Board has usurped the Government of the United States. It controls everything here and it controls all our foreign relations. It makes and breaks government at will ...
Louis Thomas McFadden
I don't have to be accountable to some authority, which is why I don't take federal funds. I don't want anyone's monies unless they're monies without strings attached. It's not that we don't need them.
Marva Collins
Only the federal government has the power to spend beyond its current revenue. It shouldn't do that when the economy is at full employment. But it's an essential step for an economy mired in recession.
Robert H. Frank
...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services taxpayers expect from government.
Strange thing, when they arrested me for the pot, the federal agents, they said, "We're sorry, we really don't want to bust pot people but this is tied into a heroin operation and we have to arrest you."
George Jung
You can look at founding father Alexander Hamilton nevertheless assuring - assuring - the countrymen in Federalist 78 that the role of the federal courts under the proposed Constitution would be limited.
Sam Brownback
The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.
Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in the back corner of the room, ducking responsibility and hoping no one notices.
She shook her head slowly. "I don't believe you. You can't be a cop." "Not a cop." "Federal agent?" "FBI." "Even more unlikely." "J. Edgar rolls over in his grave every day, but that's the way it is.
Well, maybe not death panels, exactly, but unless we start allocating health-care resources more prudently "" rationing, by its proper name "" the exploding cost of Medicare will swamp the federal budget.
Steven Rattner
Oklahoma City bombing was done on purpose. Did you know the Federal Government blew up their own building to blame it on the militias and to get rid of some people that weren't cooperating with the system?
Sometimes local, state and federal laws so clearly run afoul of the Constitution that the court must step in and strike them down. In most cases, the court performs this admirably and with great restraint.
Mike DeWine
Conservatives have been mad at the Supreme Court since it decided to desegregate the schools in 1954 and seen fit to blame the federal bench for everything that has happened since then that they don't like.
Refinancing won't fix everything that's broken with our [American] higher education system. We've got to bring down the cost of college. And we need more accountability for how schools spend federal dollars.
We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently ... a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are in constant contact with the FBI and with other federal authorities,
Greg Nickels
All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people are the government. What we create we ought to be able to control.
Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most costly boondoggles ever foisted on the American public.
Bob Beauprez
We own the Federal Reserve. There is this misconception that the Federal Reserve is some private entity. But if I might give an analogy here, we - U.S. taxpayers - own all the stock in the Federal Reserve.
Everybody knows that the federal government promises a lot and delivers damn little, and pays for most of what it does deliver out of the earnings of individuals rather than the profits of great corporations.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia authorities face the complicated task of stabilising and reviving a devastated economy after years of regional conflicts, international isolation and economic mismanagement.
Stanley Fischer
Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.
All eyes, all attention at the federal level, are on al Qaeda and the war on terror. Fact is, al Qaeda wouldn't last a day in parts of Philadelphia. I've got gangsters with .45s that would run them out of town.
If you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the Social Security and the state, my tax rate's 62, 63 percent. So I've got to make some decisions on what I'm going to do.
Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee would make its best guess about where it ultimately wants the funds rate to be and would move to that rate in a single step.
As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying about the effect of gays on the institution of marriage. Today it seems to be the other way around.
The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good jobs and sufficient growth, and our goal must be to revive both.
Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven. I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. Our Federal Union! It must be preserved! [Toast at a celebration of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13 1830]
Raising the federal minimum wage won't just put more money in the pocket of low-income families - it also means they spend more money at the businesses in their neighborhoods. [Donald] Trump's against that as well.
If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have enough money to spend on things like early childhood education that are so important.
I think the president [Barack Obama] is right to call for a full investigation. Every federal agency involved should be - should put everything on the table, and the Democratic Party will put everything on the table.
The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can surely come to the aid of your own citizens in a shorter order of time.
I'm disappointed . . . that the president has not done more to demand that Congress and other federal agencies make the same sacrifices millions of Americans are already making. There is no charity without sacrifice.
There's no question that Donald Trump has said things that are very unsettling. I mean, whether it's comparing Mexicans to rapists, demonizing Muslim Americans, excoriating the federal judge who was handling the case.
There is no company - no corporation on earth that engages in accounting fraud to the extent the Imperial Federal Government of the United Sates does. Not many congressmen are willing to come forward with the details.
You know, when companies who have made a commitment and have legacy costs and all of a sudden want to walk away from that commitment and lay it on the federal government, that's a problem. It's a fiscal problem for us.
Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank, your city, your state and federal authorities, and your wife and children.
We will immediately terminate President [Barack] Obama's two illegal executive amnesties in which he defied federal law and the Constitution to give amnesty to approximately five million illegal immigrants, five million.
Now scarcely a week goes by without a news story about the cops swooping down on some adolescent prowler who is as skilled at breaking into computer systems as defense contractors are at breaking into the Federal budget.
El PSOE era el último seguro frente al peligro comunista. Estados Unidos y Alemania Federal vigilaban atentamente la Transición y hasta el gobierno soviético de Breznev buscaba el fracaso de un PCE celoso de su autonomía
Santiago Carrillo
We're paying maybe 25 percent of the income tax, but the payroll tax is over a third of the receipts of the federal government. And they don't take that from me on capital gains. They don't take that from me on dividends.
According to federal data, there are at least 2 million, 2 million, think of it, criminal aliens now inside of our country, 2 million people criminal aliens. We will begin moving them out day one. As soon as I take office.
"One of the governor's complaints: federal rules that prohibit dispensary owners from putting their money in banks. "If you really want to introduce corruption into legal marijuana," he said, make it an all cash business."
The cliché is what are the qualifications for a federal Court of Appeals judge is somebody who knew a senator once. I mean the process of selection is deeply political and yet we expect the result to somehow stand above it.
Deborah Rhode
I think as people find out about my foreign policy, what they're going to find out is that I'm right in the mainstream of the Republican Party. I believe the number one priority of the federal government is national defense.
Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now what happened to New Orleans, that was a complete failure of the federal government. Complete negligence by the feds.
James Carville
Virginia and Maryland attorneys argued this is a national problem and needs a national solution. I'm hoping that with a federal court agreeing this is inequitable, Congress will now act and do the right thing for the District.
Walter Smith
We are just interested in dealing with the people were paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside.
We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.
Let's be honest, half the marriages end in divorce. For me, it's never made much sense. I have a girlfriend and I'm not interested in anyone else, but I still wouldn't want to bring the federal and state government into my life.
Narrow scope of judicial power was the reason that people accepted the idea that the federal courts could have the power of judicial review; that is, the ability to decide whether a challenged law comports with the Constitution.
Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that's even better.
We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the obligations, their obligations as teachers. We want them to know how to teach the science of reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of federal-federal cufflink.
I noticed one thing. According to the ABA statistics, only 3.5 percent of lawyers in America in 2000 were Hispanic, yet they - Hispanics make up 5 percent of the federal district court judges and 6 percent of circuit court judges.
Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do to you. But it doesn't say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.
The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it....[I]f followed to its logical extreme, [this approach] would result in an unwarranted expansion of federal power.
The only years [of Donald Trump's] that anybody's ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn't pay any federal income tax.
President Obama has reduced the sentences of 22 federal prisoners who were arrested for drug-related crimes - eight of whom were serving life sentences. It marks the first time someone has said 'Thanks Obama' but actually meant it.
Unless you live in Indonesia, there should be several malls within five miles of your home. It makes no difference whatsoever which one you go to: Under federal law, all malls in the United States must have the same 42 chain stores.
Iowans are feeling the pinch of a big federal government, and elected officials like Bruce Braley keep championing the over reaching bureaucracy. Iowans know what is best for Iowa more than Washington politicians and bureaucrats do.
Joni Ernst
Our message will be that we're going to make federal government buildings a model - an energy-efficient model - and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.
When it appears as though the governors of the Federal Reserve believe that the end of the rate increases is near, that's very good news for investors. A lack of ambiguity from the Federal Reserve is always a little bit of a shocker.
Hugh S. Johnson
The Trump plan is a different plan. It's a you're fired plan. And there's two key elements to it. First, Donald Trump said wages are too high. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage.
When I get to the White House, there will be no hesitation from me to make the tough decisions that need to be made because I've been doing it for the last 13 years as a former federal prosecutor and now as the governor of New Jersey.
I came to believe that actually [Louis] Brandeis tended to uphold laws that he liked and strike down those that he didn't, generally strike down centralizing federal agencies in the New Deal, and uphold state economic experimentation.
Jeffrey Rosen
First, the federal government, one of the fundamental responsibilities that it has is to protect the nation's health and wellbeing. And this [Zika virus] is a threat to public health in the United States. It is a very serious disease.
Wall Street is perhaps the most powerful economic and political force in this country. You have companies like Goldman Sachs, who just recently paid a settlement fine with the federal government for $5 billion for defrauding investors.
The information hack contains facts discovered by the FBI in doing background checks for people seeking positions with the federal government. It's a treasure trove which can easily be used for blackmail and other reasons by the enemy.
President Obama's executive actions give work permits and federal entitlement benefits to people illegally in America - in direct violation of the laws passed by Congress. This undermines the entire constitutional system of government.
I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever since that experience, I have long believed that our federal government could use 'a little Texas sunshine.'
I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology, economics. I want my kids to be taught about evolution; I want my kids to be taught about other theories.
I think there has only ever been one member of the Federal Parliament from either side found to have been corrupt in the whole history of Australia. I don't think we should create the architecture to solve a problem which barely exists.
For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the federal legislature will be likely to attach themselves too much to local objects.
I learned everything I ever need to know about questioning artful dodgers by covering the most artful of them all, Ronald Reagan. For Reagan, performance was as much a part of governing as understanding the details of the federal budget.
We will never meet our own expectations of public education unless the federal government is willing to play a consistent, long-term role; unless education truly becomes a matter of national policy, not just a matter of national rhetoric.
Medicaid is one of the rare times where Democratic governors are saying, "Hey, states' rights." We don't want the federal government coming in and telling us how to do our environmental remediation or how we're going to do our healthcare.
Problem with segregation isn't that people can't live in peaceful harmony singing "Kumbaya" - although that wouldn't be bad. The problem is that many of these Whitopian communities are taking state, local, and federal resources with them.
Richard Benjamin
In the middle of Hillary Clinton's push for national healthcare in 1993, Bill Clinton cited Thomas Jefferson's concern for health issues as, somehow, apparently indicative of a need for federal management of the nation's healthcare system.
As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically.
Unfortunately, the (budget) does not . . . help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average rate of around 8 percent each year through 2015 and will continue to eat up more of the total federal budget.
There's simply no question under "The Constitution," and, frankly, under federal law, that the president of the United States has the authority, in the interest of national security, to determine who has the right to come into this country.
Gasoline prices are soaring through the stratosphere, and the Federal Trade Commission, which is supposed to be standing up for the consumer, ought to stop playing footsie with the oil companies and take steps to protect the American people.
The government doesn't save enough, it borrows too much and it doesn't invest enough in the next generation. It's like what parents are trying to get their kids not to do, but if they look at the federal government, that's what they're doing.
Maya MacGuineas
The legacy of the New Del was, more than anything else, a matter of ideological change. Henceforth, nearly everyone would look to the federal government for solutions to problems great and small, real and imagined, personal as well as social.
Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the Federal Government, that neither shall assume the exercise of powers entrusted by the Constitution to the other.
James K. Polk
Federal laws, including those that made so many people immigrate without documents, gutted the enforcement power of the Department of Labor and created a lower minimum wage for tipped workers than for everybody else, reinforcing the industry's
Rinku Sen
In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its limited range of constitutional duties may certainly under such circumstances be performed without such a resort.
It is inexcusable for the White House and Congress to not even make the effort to find at least some offsets to this new spending, ... No one in America believes the federal government is operating at peak efficiency and can't tighten its belt.
It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people themselves. The act, therefore establishing the Constitution, will not be a NATIONAL, but a FEDERAL act.
For most of his life, Donald Trump has described himself as very pro- choice and as a supporter of partial birth abortion. Right now today as a candidate, he supports federal tax payer funding for Planned Parenthood. I disagree with him on that.
Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.
A. Philip Randolph
Washington, of course, aside from being one of the most mismanaged, crime-ridden cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal legislators and about 38,000 lobbyists work at confiscating and redistributing the incomes of the American people.
Charley Reese
For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.
Mary Landrieu
The best (remedy) I can devise would be to give future commissions to (federal) judges for six years with a re-appointability by the President with the approbation of both houses. If this would not be independence enough, I know not what would be...
We must protect the right of citizens to practice their religions freely. As president, I will support federal and state-level legislation like the Religious Freedom Restoration Acts that protect citizens and their churches from government intrusion.
To you, the people of Flint, I say, as I have before, I am sorry and I will fix it. No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you. Federal, state and local leaders by breaking the trust you placed in us.
Rick Snyder
To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in our Federal government. . . The individual sovereignty of our states must first be destroyed.
I'm a former federal prosecutor, a former associate attorney general. If I had done that, I'd have been prosecuted. It's a clear violation of 18 United States Code Section 791.What [Hillary Clinton] did were criminal acts. She has displayed the facts.
I think the actions taken by the (rate-setting) Federal Open Market Committee have been the appropriate actions. And I assume we will continue to take the appropriate actions, depending on what is happening with the data and the dynamics of the economy
Beyond the profound federal perks, married people make more money; we're healthier, physically and emotionally; we produce happier, more stable and more successful kids; we have more sex than our supposedly swinging single friends; we even live longer.
We really haven't seen much of the attorney general or people from the Department of Justice. So it's very consistent with the way this investigation has been handled, and that is that the decisions have been made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Alberto Gonzales
Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States.
David Dewhurst
When you're a mayor and you have a problem you blame the provincial government. If you are provincial government and you have a problem you blame the federal government. We don't blame the Queen any more, so once in a while we might blame the Americans.
Jean Chretien
Frank Johnson was recognized as one of the great federal judges of American history, I suppose. He was a law-and-order judge. He was a classical, I think, conservative. But he believed that civil rights provided in the Constitution applied to everybody.
It's a whole different attitude toward public service than it once was. I tell you, we can all sit around in our old age and moan about it, but I think the administrative processes and the management effectiveness of the federal government are terrible!
I am designating a new Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers to cut through red tape and ensure that the full resources of our federal government are leveraged to assist the workers, communities, and regions that rely on our auto industry.
The courage of federal Judge Frank Johnson is well-known.He was the one that gave the legal authority for the right to march from Selma to Montgomery, and he suffered dearly for it. He was ostracized and rejected. His life was threatened as a result of it.
They're trying to say that greater federal authority would have made a difference, ... The reality is that the feds are the ones that screwed up in the first place. It's not about authority. It's about leadership. ... They've got all the authority already.
George Haddow
The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the wall. His function is to vindicate the rights of the people as expressed in the laws and give those accused of crime a fair trial.
William O. Douglas
We don't give federal grants to tobacco companies to teach students 'low-risk' forms of smoking on the grounds that 'kids are going to smoke anyway.' We shouldn't be giving federal grants to groups that sell contraception, to teach kids to use contraception.
Jennifer Morse
Controlling the interpretation of the Constitution is vital to the leftist agenda of expanding the federal government's power. That means keeping the federal judiciary as liberal as possible and treating the U.S. Supreme Court's liberal legacy as sacrosanct.
A tidal wave of support for medicinal marijuana has begun in the western United States; the future of many federal officials depends, in large part, on whether they ride that wave into the future or, standing in the way, are rendered irrelevant by the voters.
John Vasconcellos
Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making sure that every dollar the federal government spends that's out there - that that's all posted on a searchable database on the Internet.
Of all the objections which have been framed against the federal Constitution, this is perhaps the most extraordinary. Whilst the objection itself is levelled against a pretended oligarchy, the principle of it strikes at the very root of republican government.
Nonetheless, the research budgets of the Department of Defense are under enormous stress-and they are extremely important because they support more than 40 percent of all federal funding for engineering schools across the country. So the threat was and is real.
For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the right of privacy, the autonomy of individuals, while at the same time empowering the federal government to protect the less powerful.
[Hillary Clinton] supports now a hike in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Prior to that, she did not support that. Other issues that you could see, at least in the Democratic Party platform, they're there entirely because of the [Bernie] Sanders movement.
Jonathan Tasini
I think that now is the moment for us to rededicate ourselves to learning the truth about what happened on February 21st [when Malcolm X was killed]. The place to begin is to make all evidence public, and we have to begin with the federal government, and the FBI.
Manning Marable
The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
That is nice, Mr. Morgan. Because in response to your tough-guy speech, I, in turn, would've had to give you my tough-girl speech, about where, exactly, federal prosecutors who come to my office looking for assistance can stick their obstruction of justice threats
Within my own lifetime, I have seen the most ferocious assaults on Christian faith and morals; first on the part of the intellectual community, and then on the part of the government... the federal government has not even tried to conceal its hostility to religion.
Jesse Helms
Instead of talking about the fact that Hillary Clinton violated about 40 federal laws we are talking about this [that this president's Barack Obama is legitimately elected president of the United States and you say your candidate agrees with you]. It is ridiculous.
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable...in large part, because so many of them can be leveled against the federal government of the United States.
For taxpayers, however, it's [pay equity] a rip-off. And it has nothing to do with gender. Both men and women taxpayers will pay additional money to both men and women in the civil service. That's why the federal government should scrap its ridiculous pay equity law.
This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in the history of governments-a power concentration which defies the experience of mankind with the temptation of power to corrupt.
Strom Thurmond
Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the enlarged arena of federal power, the national cash-in area for prestige has grown, slowly being consolidated into a truly national system.
C. Wright Mills
As president, I will instruct the Department of Justice to create a joint task force throughout the United States to work together with federal, state and local law enforcement authorities and international law enforcement to crush this still-developing area of crime.
The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow, overturning a 100-year-old precedent that basically corporations couldn't give directly to political campaigns. And everyone is up in arms because they don't like it. The Federal Election Commission can't do anything about it.
[T]he vast regulatory structure the federal government has erected in the name of the commerce power cannot be ended overnight, in many cases, but the pretense that such programs are constitutional can be ended, even as the programs themselves are phased out over time.
For instance, they [The Federal Narcotics Bureau ] give out that marijuana is a harmful and habit-forming drug, and it simply isn't. They claim that you can get addicted to opiates with one shot, and you can't. They over-estimate the physical bad effects, and so forth.
I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to have a balanc

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