Federal Quotes - page 24

Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it. (Jonathan Zittrain)
Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars. View quote
Jose Serrano
We need to do a top/bottom review of the federal government and for every agency administration bureaucracy that is not called for in the United States Constitution, we have to really ask the question what is its purpose, how many people work there, how much does it cost the taxpayers and what is the value to our society. View quote
Josh Mandel
President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations. View quote
Juan Williams
Actually, I have been very supportive of a very robust stimulus package from day one. I think this economy has to have a major stimulus initiative because the only group with liquidity is the federal government. View quote
Judd Gregg
You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation. View quote
Judd Gregg
If we don't get this economy going, the numbers that represent this stimulus package are going to be small compared to the loss of revenue to the federal government for our economy. View quote
Judd Gregg
I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions. View quote
Judy Biggert
Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability. View quote
Justin Amash
I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the federal government is going to be involved in, in the future. View quote
Ken Buck
What I have said is that I think the federal government and we as a society have come too far in trying to separate good organizations that perform good functions for people just based on the fact one has a religious association and one doesn't. (Ken Buck)
The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. View quote
Ken Calvert
The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care. View quote
Kent Conrad
As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes. View quote
Luis Gutierrez
In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay. View quote
Mario Diaz-Balart
At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. View quote
Mark Kennedy
The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal government was even contemplating reducing the principal on some troubled mortgages. View quote
Mark Zandi
Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care. View quote
Ami Bera
An 'exchange' would allow everyone to choose their health care insurance from a broad range of options - just like federal employees and Congress do right now - and allow their employer to help pay for it. View quote
Andrew P. Harris
The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation. View quote
Barbara Ann Radnofsky
Health care providers, saving lives daily in our emergency rooms, live with federal mandates. (Barbara Ann Radnofsky)
The higher amount you put into higher education, at the federal level particularly, the more the price of higher education rises. It's the dog that never catches its tail. You increase student loans, you increase grants, you increase Pell grants, Stafford loans, and what happens? They raise the price. View quote
Bill Bennett
Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963, the World War II veteran had been fired as a truck driver for a bakery, after one of his supervisors accused him of harassment. View quote
Brendan I. Koerner
The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer. View quote
Chris Stewart
Federal gas tax revenues that are paid into the trust fund by highway users should be used for programs that benefit highway users. View quote
Cynthia Lummis