--- title: "7 Federal Quotes By Bill Dedman" description: "7 Federal quotes by Bill Dedman. Plus more from Bill Dedman and more Federal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/bill-dedman-3519_bridge_federal-regulations-forbid-delaying-insp_797582.jpg" --- > [Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/federal-regulations-forbid-delaying-inspections-for-fracture-critical/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/bill-dedman-3519_bridge_federal-regulations-forbid-delaying-insp_797582.jpg) > [The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/the-federal-government-is-achieving-its-stated-goal-of-helping-more/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/bill-dedman-3519_achieving_the-federal-government-is-achieving-its_850688.jpg) > [The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal regulations, delaying bridge inspections to every four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/the-federal-highway-administration-has-allowed-states-to-take/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/bill-dedman-3519_administration_the-federal-highway-administration-has-a_852384.jpg) > [The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - far less than the property value lost on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/the-entire-federal-budget-for-landslide-research-is-3-5-million-a/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/bill-dedman-3519_beach_the-entire-federal-budget-for-landslide_886297.jpg) > [Msnbc.com identified 143 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/msnbc-com-identified-143-journalists-who-made-political-contributions/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bill-dedman-3519_according_msnbc-com-identified-143-journalists-who_1684615.jpg) > [State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/state-and-federal-laws-protect-whistle-blowers-those-who-refuse-to-do/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/bill-dedman-3519_claims_state-and-federal-laws-protect-whistle-b_1709091.jpg) > [Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/federal-agencies-that-own-bridges-have-some-of-the-worst-records-for/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/bill-dedman-3519_agencies_federal-agencies-that-own-bridges-have-s_2323838.jpg) ## Other authors on Federal ## More by Bill Dedman > [NBC News found that FEMA has redrawn maps even for properties that have repeatedly filed claims for flood losses from previous storms. At least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/nbc-news-found-that-fema-has-redrawn-maps-even-for-properties-that/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/huguette-clark-has-had-her-own-tax-liens-four-times-the-irs-has-filed/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/at-one-point-sarah-palin-sent-her-husband-instructions-to-stock-up-on/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/in-new-york-fema-granted-the-mamaroneck-beach-yacht-club-s-request-to/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [Wal-Mart has always paid low wages, or, as Sam Walton put it, 'as little as we could get by with at the time.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/wal-mart-has-always-paid-low-wages-or-as-sam-walton-put-it-as-little/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April, a bomb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/less-than-a-year-after-the-sept-11-attacks-al-qaida-attacks-were/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [The Manhattan district attorney has closed the well-publicized investigation of the handling of the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark - without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/the-manhattan-district-attorney-has-closed-the-well-publicized/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/mohammed-al-qahtani-was-not-alleged-to-be-a-leader-of-the-sept-11/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/if-he-is-convicted-dr-kevorkian-says-he-will-die-a-martyr-s-death-by/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [In votes cast, Latinos have increased to five million in the 1996 Presidential election, up from two million in the 1976 election. The number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/in-votes-cast-latinos-have-increased-to-five-million-in-the-1996/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [Lie detectors sometimes work because people believe they work, deterring the wrong people from applying for jobs in the first place, or prompting admissions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/lie-detectors-sometimes-work-because-people-believe-they-work/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/each-year-at-the-typical-nuclear-reactor-in-the-u-s-there-s-a-1-in-74/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [It may be no surprise that Pittsburgh has direct flights to London, Paris and Frankfurt, but consider this: many of the tourists here have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/it-may-be-no-surprise-that-pittsburgh-has-direct-flights-to-london/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [More than 30 of America's 100 nuclear power reactors have the same brand of General Electric reactors or containment system used in Fukushima.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/more-than-30-of-america-s-100-nuclear-power-reactors-have-the-same/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) > [While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust,' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/while-the-house-of-blues-slogan-has-been-in-blues-we-trust-its-stages/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/federal/bill-dedman/#itemlist", "name": "7 Federal Quotes By Bill Dedman", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Dedman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/federal-regulations-forbid-delaying-inspections-for-fracture-critical/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/bill-dedman-3519_bridge_federal-regulations-forbid-delaying-insp_797582.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/bill-dedman-3519_bridge_federal-regulations-forbid-delaying-insp_797582.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/bill-dedman-3519_bridge_federal-regulations-forbid-delaying-insp_797582.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis…” — Bill Dedman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Dedman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/the-federal-government-is-achieving-its-stated-goal-of-helping-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/bill-dedman-3519_achieving_the-federal-government-is-achieving-its_850688.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/bill-dedman-3519_achieving_the-federal-government-is-achieving-its_850688.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/bill-dedman-3519_achieving_the-federal-government-is-achieving-its_850688.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to…” — Bill Dedman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal regulations, delaying bridge inspections to every four years instead of the two years normally required.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Dedman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/the-federal-highway-administration-has-allowed-states-to-take/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/bill-dedman-3519_administration_the-federal-highway-administration-has-a_852384.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/bill-dedman-3519_administration_the-federal-highway-administration-has-a_852384.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/bill-dedman-3519_administration_the-federal-highway-administration-has-a_852384.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal…” — Bill Dedman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - 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