Authority Quote by Scott Pruitt

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This…

— Mike Huckabee

In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're…

— Rick Perry

Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.

— Bob Barr

“The gargantuan, ever-growing, ever-less-accountable, impossible-to-uproot federal bureaucracy is actually the sleeper issue of our time. It’s at the heart of the conservative critique of…

— Jim Geraghty

I don't want the federal government involved in social issues, which for the most part should be decided upon at the state level.

— Brian Mast

I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of…

— Thomas Jefferson

We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.

— Grover Norquist

Federal rules and regulations too often become seemingly insurmountable obstacles to simple changes that can have a positive impact.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

No state empowered to do what is supposedly necessary will restrain itself to those things. It will expand as much as public opinion will…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

A lot of what is preventing us from getting things done on the federal level is that there is too much influence from special…

— Sara Gideon

Federalism is not one state dictating to the rest of the country what should occur in the area of CAFE.

— Scott Pruitt

In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished…

— Pinarayi Vijayan