I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well:… — Darrell Issa Copy Share Image
An unrealized capital gains tax will empower the federal government to access the private transactions of Americans, needlessly expand bureaucracy in Washington,… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
We can only imagine what would happen to our health care and to the quality of our health care here in North… — Heidi Heitkamp Copy Share Image
Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug… — Jim Clyburn Copy Share Image
[Police chiefs ] want support, they want more training, they want more assistance. And I think the federal government could be in… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Actually, I have been very supportive of a very robust stimulus package from day one. I think this economy has to have… — Judd Gregg Copy Share Image
It is past time for the federal government to establish an Unhoused Bill of Rights and make the desperately needed investments to… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
No one can reasonably deny that Medicare is headed for insolvency, and that Medicare's insolvency, if not rectified, will lead to the… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There simply is no greater threat to individual liberty and the viability of our great nation than the threat that comes from… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
Unreason is now ascendant in the United States - in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Leading the boom of 1838 were state governments, who, finding themselves with the unexpected windfall of a distributed surplus from the federal… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Taking legislative authority away from the federal government doesn't necessarily mean freer individuals. It might just mean granting vastly more authority to… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
We need to ensure that the government agencies that are supposed to be regulating the financial system are actually doing their jobs.… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Feminists are forever discovering subtle new forms of sexism and then beating men around the head and shoulders with it. It is… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
For states' rights advocates, the Constitution is like a contract that is openly violated by one party with impunity. On paper, the… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
“the swarms of cringers, suckers, doughfaces, lice of politics, planners of sly involutions for their own preferment to city offices or state… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“Congress displayed contempt for the city's residents, yet it retained a fondness for buildings and parks. In 1900, the centennial of the… — Zachary M. Schrag Copy Share Image
This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
“When Bootsie was old enough to go to high school, Fran got herself a $300 GI loan to enroll at the University… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
Liberals say this over and over and over again to hide the actual history, which is why I go through the specifics… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“America is now a land that rewards failure--at the personal, corporate and state level. If you reward it, you get more of… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I think that the more we, as a state, yield and cede decisions to the federal government, the lesser we'll be for… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way… — Nan Hayworth Copy Share Image
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
Even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
It is difficult to conduct flood mitigation at the federal level because of the bureaucracy and inconsistent funding. Texans are better able… — George P. Bush Copy Share Image
If we [gays] want to be equal under the law, we must now - as the great heroes of the Civil Rights… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
The American Health Care Act delivers relief for families by ensuring that you get to choose your coverage and the federal government… — Brian Mast Copy Share Image
Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Obviously the federal government has the ability and the right to have their currency and to create the kind of policy that… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
Every dollar the Federal Government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us will make our economy… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Zion and communities like it have been unfairly saddled with storing our nation's stranded nuclear waste... with no compensation in return. The… — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image