Federal Quotes - page 23

We can only imagine what would happen to our health care and to the quality of our health care here in North Dakota if we took the federal government out of health care. (Heidi Heitkamp)
The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the life's work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government. View quote
J. D. Hayworth
There are congressmen in our congregation, judges, federal reserve governors. And there are also people who are homeless and some who are mentally ill. To be able to talk to each of those people is something that I've had to learn how to do over the years. View quote
James Green
I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that time - into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as a citizen. View quote
James Meredith
So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change, but no delivery of any of those promises. View quote
Jan Brewer
We have over 500,000 illegal immigrants living in Arizona. And we simply cannot sustain it. It costs us a tremendous amount of money of course in health care, in education, and then, on top of it all, in incarceration. And the federal government doesn't reimburse us on any of these things. View quote
Jan Brewer
We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of federal funding on the ground to actually begin the projects. View quote
Janet Napolitano
The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period. View quote
Jason Chaffetz
If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where gay marriage is legal to enjoy the same economic advantages that federal laws now grant to straight couples? Or is it a 'conservative' ruling, limiting the federal government's ability to override state power? View quote
Jeff Greenfield
American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world. View quote
Jim DeMint
Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications. (Jim Gerlach)
In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually. View quote
Jim Ryun
Since September 11th, federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of them have been convicted. View quote
Jim Sensenbrenner
I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. View quote
Joe Arpaio
I don't bow down to the federal government. View quote
Joe Arpaio
And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene. View quote
John Breaux
Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders. View quote
John Culberson
Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority. View quote
John Culberson
The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights in respect to slavery. View quote
John Henninger Reagan
I believe the two biggest mistakes made by the Founders were giving Federal judges life-time appointments and permitting them to be confirmed without the agreement of two-thirds of the members of the United States Senate. View quote
John Jay Hooker
In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government. (John Moody)
Romney has adopted almost every position conservatives want their candidate to espouse: He's pro-life, he wants to repeal ObamaCare, he wants to cut taxes and cut the federal budget, and he wants an unapologetic foreign policy dedicated to the proposition that this too will be the American century. View quote
John Podhoretz
As a matter of policy, increasing taxes on the most economically productive group, which already generates 60 percent of the nation's federal revenues, during a sustained period of economic doldrums is a wretched idea. View quote
John Podhoretz
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia. View quote
John Sergeant Wise
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. View quote
John Yoo