The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government… — Charles W. Pickering Copy Share Image
We must not allow the federal government to set a precedence of pushing parents out from having a say in their children's… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses. — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government's bulk collection of phone… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We [Federal Government] have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. — Henry Morgenthau, Jr Copy Share Image
Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Obama believes in a big central government, where the federal government controls everything in our lives. That's socialism. — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
We have a balance of $ .32 in the bank . . . Which makes us four-and-a-half trillion dollars richer than the federal government. — Jim Borgman Copy Share Image
We have, in this country, one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is in political trouble and perhaps even legal trouble over her use of private e-mail accounts and bypassing government-issued accounts… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this… — Craig L. Thomas Copy Share Image
The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
One of the best programs that the federal government sponsors is the Small Business Innovation Research program, in which more than 2.5… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
When we had segregated schools and when we had a time when, you know, girls weren't allowed to have the same kind… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
“All of these new “Big Brother” laws had been sold under the guise of combating terrorism and increasing security, but none of… — Matthew Bracken Copy Share Image
Alabama families balance their household budgets every day, and we must expect the federal government to do the same. — Katie Britt Copy Share Image
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
My goal in life is to get the federal government down to half its present size and under control, and then I… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has… — Ruben Hinojosa Copy Share Image
The federal government shouldn't be drawing lines on a map in terms of what transit infrastructure are needed; we should be there… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
71 percent of the American people think that the federal government should take no more than 20 percent of anybody's paycheck no… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the… — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For years, D.C. has sent Michigan's auto jobs to Mexico and China. For years, the federal government has redirected our defense jobs… — John E. James Copy Share Image
As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We simply can't keep providing money from the federal government in the form of subsidized or actual loans and Pell Grants when… — John Kline Copy Share Image
Your federal government needs your money so that it can perform vital services for you that you would not think up yourself… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
There is no question that we are in a period in which we are going to have to use those sources to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
Quebecers have rarely in their history been better represented than they are right now-at the highest levels of the federal government. — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
I applaud the federal government for listening to our calls, stepping in to protect residents and assisting our police force and federal… — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
The federal government needs to make it clear that recognition of Indigenous rights means that when Indigenous bands and their leadership approve… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
The federal government has no business spending your hard-earned money on a project to monitor political speech on Twitter. — Ajit Pai Copy Share Image
The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image