Federal Quotes - page 6

In addition to demanding answers and accountability from the Veterans Administration, Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not suffer because of the actions of a federal agency. (Doc Hastings)
But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense. View quote
Don Nickles
I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs. View quote
Dan Gelber
We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems. View quote
Dan Miller
We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector. View quote
Donald T. Regan
The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design. View quote
Daniel Keys Moran
I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact. View quote
Darrell Issa
Among other things, the Real ID Act sets minimum security criteria that states would have to meet to have their driver's licenses accepted as identification to board a commercial flight or enter federal facilities. View quote
Elton Gallegly
The first interview I went on I got at age 5. It was a commercial for First Federal Bank. View quote
Erin Moran
Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience. View quote
Felix de Weldon
Well, now, and there's - for every dollar the federal government spends, there's real people on the other side, and so when we talk about reductions that are going to affect providers, that's going to affect hospitals and doctors and others. (Franklin Raines)
We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent of the economy. At the same time, we're growing the private economy. View quote
Franklin Raines
Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk. View quote
Geraldo Rivera
My job in Congress is to identify projects with federal or some other public component and then to push developers to provide employment opportunities to neighborhood residents. View quote
Hakeem Jeffries
Our people are working overtime - I say our people; our federal agencies in this regard - and that I'm confident that the way that you can stop this and make Americans the most protected for this is to take it to the terrorist groups. View quote
Hugh Shelton
I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now, taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens. View quote
Hugh Shelton
They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness. View quote
Hugh Sidey
The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign. View quote
Hugh Sidey
I have a record as governor. I have a record of cutting spending. And I talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending, I talked about how we've cut spending in Mississippi and how if you did the same things in the federal government, you would save tens of billions of dollars a year. View quote
Haley Barbour
Faith is the black person's federal reserve system. View quote
Hattie McDaniel
But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. (James Q. Wilson)
It wouldn't matter whether you were Latino or Hispanic or Norwegian. If you didn't have proof of citizenship and if the police officer had reasonable suspicion, he would ask and verify your citizenship. I mean, that's the way that it is. That's what the federal law says. And that's what the law in Arizona says. View quote
Jan Brewer
Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan. View quote
Jane D. Hull
Federal spending is atrocious. View quote
Jason Chaffetz
It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs. View quote
Jim Talent