#federal government

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#better #federal #federal government #first #government

The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#federal government #first #first thing #get #government

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. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#failed #federal #federal government #government #his

When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#america #assist #congress #enhancing #federal

We can't have - we can't have a patchwork of 50 states developing their own immigration policy. I understand the frustration of people in Arizona. They want the federal government to step up and deal with this problem once and for all, and that's what we want to do. ↗

— David Axelrod

#arizona #deal #developing #federal #federal government

Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health insurance,' which now includes free access to sterilization, contraception, and certain abortifacients such as the morning-after pill. ↗

— John Cornyn

#access #certain #come #contraception #definition

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

#billion #came #coast #except #federal

The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#building #completed #damage #done #engineering

When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans. ↗

— Ron Paul

#average #average americans #bad #benefit #borrow

Arizona did not make illegal, illegal. It is a crime to enter or remain in the U.S. in violation of federal law. States have had inherent authority to enforce immigration laws when the federal government has failed or refused to do so. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#authority #crime #did #enforce #enter