To cut the federal budget without cutting entitlements is like giving up chocolate-chip cookies and then deciding it's OK to eat the… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The federal government... knows how to put a missile in someone's room half way around the world with technology. Why don't we… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
The federal government secures the border; Californians decide how we want to treat our population. I think we need a vibrant guest… — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - far less than the property value lost on a… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Reforms are undoubtedly needed, but this does not include getting rid of qualified immunity and does not require the heavy hand of… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
Federal employees are not rewarded for performance or excellence or results but, rather, for showing up, and often times, they don't even… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The failure of Lehman Brothers demonstrated that liquidity provision by the Federal Reserve would not be sufficient to stop the crisis; substantial… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Besides the healthcare bill being unconstitutional and a great expansion of federal government, I think if it does not respect people's individual… — Bob McDonnell Copy Share Image
We need to prioritize those expenditures of the federal government in A, B and C priorities... And I believe that on the… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
I've thought from the start that a parallel federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown is important. I also believe that… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson is not a comfortable model for President Obama to imitate. He is an all-but-forgotten president - pilloried for the failed… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
We have got to protect privacy rights. We have got to protect our God-given, constitutionally protected civil liberties, and we are not… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
You eventually have to figure out how to balance the books. So that's the reason I gave up my day job to… — Mike Pompeo Copy Share Image
Election Day 2010 saw the culmination of years of aggravation and resentment toward a federal government that became disconnected and disdainful of… — George Allen Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was writing 'Traffic,' talking to top federal drug-enforcement officials and having them say they read it and found… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts. — John Walters Copy Share Image
I go where the revolution is, and the revolution is Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a champion of the Constitution. He's about… — Christine Ebersole Copy Share Image
We must continue to work hard on the federal level, to make sure that our local law enforcement and communities have the… — Mark Kennedy Copy Share Image
To prevent a crippling attack on our nation's critical networks, U.S. companies and the federal government must work together to combat those… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve - all of them - could be sitting on a barrel of dynamite, and then pouring gasoline on top… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the… — Matt Cartwright Copy Share Image
“The biggest enemy of western people is not war or terrorism, it is their own governments lack of regulation of public health… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they're not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt. — John Thune Copy Share Image
Federal laws against kickbacks bar pharmaceutical companies from directly giving money to patients for co-payments on the drugs they make. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina. — Mel Martinez Copy Share Image
Far too many well-connected businesses are feeding at the federal trough. By addressing corporate welfare as well as other forms of welfare,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
My question becomes, 'If we want to empower people with higher pay, there are probably better ways to do it that are… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I made a promise to Michael Brown's parents that I would do everything to bring all of the resources of the federal… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
Federal Taxes are not good, as a general rule, necessary for certain things like national defense and interstate commerce. That's all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If Congress wanted to intervene with the Federal Reserve, well, we created the Federal Reserve. We could uncreate it. But would you… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
I don't think child care is ever going to be much of a federal effort. Just like education. Six or 7 percent… — Edward Zigler Copy Share Image
I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running… — Janet Napolitano Copy Share Image
I have a responsibility as an elected governor to govern and when I say govern, that means to make sure that our… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
The federal government should only be providing services for emergencies. You and I, taxpayers, shouldn't be paying for cell phones so someone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Would-be drug companies must either produce medicines that stand up to federal scrutiny, demonstrate that their data has value to other companies,… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It is during difficult times like this that the true American spirit reveals itself. I am not talking only of the response… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
I made a commitment and a promise to Ms. McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, that I will pursue justice with the family at… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
