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Telling the public, 'We'll get to it later,' is inadequate. That's what the federal government does.
The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.
As far as cutting jobs, you could cut whole agencies out of the federal government and not miss them.
Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.
You don't set up an implicit promise from the federal government that everybody is getting bailed out.
The federal government has invested billions in Metro, yet the system is not safe and is not reliable.
It is wrong for the federal government to deny benefits or privileges to couples who have lawfully wed.
Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.
I would consider it to be immoral to take a paycheck when the people in the federal government are not.
There is no constitutional basis for the federal government to be mandated to assist with student debt.
The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer.
There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.
Well, the federal government has a responsibility to provide leadership in bringing together provinces.
There is no question that the federal government sometimes overdoes it in issuing rules and regulations.
It is time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government.
The Federal Government plays a critical role in innovation in our country and has throughout our history.
Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again.
The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that.
In addition to higher pay, federal government employment is far more secure than private-sector employment.
News flash: The federal government is not the most efficient institution in the world. Taxpayers know that.
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
There are a lot of things that are done in the federal government that are done because Washington did them.
We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.
We need sensible gun safety measures. The federal government could do something about this; they could show up.
Whistleblowers play a vital role in ensuring that the federal government is accountable to the people it serves.
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.
Quite often the federal government purchases things at prices higher than individuals in the private marketplace.
If we could have a really good debate with the states and the federal government on tax reform I'd be up for that.
The best solution would be for the federal government to say, 'Yes, we do provide coverage and it's from day one.'
If we continue to allow the federal government to live beyond its means, we will all soon have to live beneath ours.
Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure.
The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.
Conservatives deserve a consistent and thoughtful vision for the role of federal government in relationship to states.
It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.
The federal government should not be able to hide behind sovereign immunity when the facts don't meet the protections.
Water's about everything. And when the federal government controls water, it controls everything - that's the problem.
Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?
I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.
States know better than the federal government how to allocate and manage resources to address the needs of their people.
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
Climate change is not an excuse to give the federal government ever more power over private property and state resources.
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
If you look at the casualties, the federal government isn't waging a War on Coal. If anything, coal is waging a war on us.
The federal government has no business spending your hard-earned money on a project to monitor political speech on Twitter.
Loggers and mills in Maine and across the country deserve fair trade policies and more support from our federal government.
Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.
I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they're not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt.