Famous Quotes & Sayings

Regarding the sort of federalism and its details, he thinks that federalism is not obligated to anything other than being general.

Our overall goal is to see the federal government step up to the plate.

Some people are mad that I 'let' the federal government set up this operation in the town, ... I didn't really have a choice.

Our company, and really the gaming industry as a whole, complies with federal law on hiring.

Other states rely much more heavily on their state government and the federal government to come in and manage the support. In California, emergencies are managed on the local level.

Right now our two U.S. Senators and our U.S. Congressman are all over the place in terms of what they're thinking and how they're voting on this issue. So, I would really like to see our Federal Government representation get on the same page.

Ben Bernanke

Roger made invaluable contributions to the Federal Reserve and to the country.

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

George H. W. Bush

I think the most important thing government can do is provide flexibility for federal monies.

Dick Cheney

I think different states are likely to come to different conclusions and that's appropriate. I don't think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area.

That was an upside surprise in the headline PPI index. That's going to keep the Federal Reserve on track in raising interest rates at an incremental pace,

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Bill Simmons

It does several things, one there is no shareholder accountability and there are no federal and state taxes being paid so it will always be less in that regards.

It all could be linked up after the fact, and that was enough to lead to the federal policy.

It could reflect the return of people's traditional skepticism of federal power. Or perhaps as memories of 9/11 recede, they could just be thinking the government is going too far.

It is fitting that the TTI study on traffic congestion is being released the same day that the federal surface transportation program known as TEA 21 expires.

Robert Taylor

I don't know what they think going federal is going to do for the local people. It's actually going to do nothing.

I'd be happy to have the federal government join us in the prosecution.

But at least we have the federal judge saying he should be released.

I give him a C-minus. It's better than we've had, but we've got a long way to go to get this federal fiscal house in order. ... I would give him a much higher grade if he had vetoed just one (spending) bill.

David Vitter

I feel very strongly that we need a strong federal leader,

Jim Nabors

I feel the federal government can do a better job than the state.

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Given the president's gaping political wounds from Katrina, you're seeing the federal government weighing in with overwhelming force and supplies. The system is energized this time.

If it does happen, it'll be over time. It's not going to be like losing 1,000 oil industry jobs in Anchorage or even 1,000 federal jobs.

Jalal Talabani

There are no obstacles but discussions on federalism in the south and the relation between religion and state.

Shirley Franklin

The ramifications would have been a moratorium on new development, all new development, residential and commercial; heavy fines from the federal government through the federal courts; and possibly the takeover of the city's water system,

Megan Smith

I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

David Fine

If the ruling is simply that nothing in federal law prohibits mid-decade redistricting, that will not help them.

If this (the discrimination decision) was made by a federal court, and not a federal agency, we might look at it differently,

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

If the federal government would have responded as quickly as Wal-Mart, we could have saved more lives.