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You know, when companies who have made a commitment and have legacy costs and all of a sudden want to walk away from that commitment and lay it on the federal government, that's a problem. It's a fiscal problem for us.

~Dennis Hastert

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I don't want the federal government to rush in and bail the out right away.

~Dennis Moore

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People aren't going to go bankrupt anymore if they have a serious illness, which was a serious issue here in the country before the Affordable Care Act. And, in fact, the expense of expanding health care for those who need the subsidy is picked up by the federal government for most of the early years.

~Deval Patrick

Topics: Act Affordable Affordable Care Act Anymore Bankrupt Before Care Country Early Early Years Expanding Expense Fact Federal Federal Government Go Going Government Health Health Care Here Illness In Fact Issue Most Need People Picked Serious Those Up Which Who Years

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Aside from the poor example it sets, the federal government enables reckless spending on public-employee pensions by offering hope of assistance from Washington if things get bad enough.

~Devin Nunes

Topics: Aside Assistance Bad Enables Enough Example Federal Federal Government Get Government Hope Offering Poor Reckless Sets Spending Things Washington

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There is no question that the federal government sometimes overdoes it in issuing rules and regulations.

~Dick Durbin

Topics: Federal Federal Government Government No Question Question Regulations Rules Sometimes

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Instead of incentivizing quick, short-term decisions, the federal government should be asking the tough questions when governments turn over publicly funded transportation assets to for-profit operators.

~Dick Durbin

Topics: Asking Assets Decisions Federal Federal Government Government Governments Instead Over Publicly Questions Quick Short-Term Should Tough Transportation Turn

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In 2001, Congress passed much needed tax relief to allow Americans to keep more of their hard earned money and spend it as they see fit - rather than how the federal government sees fit.

~Doc Hastings

Topics: Allow American Congress Earned Federal Federal Government Fit Government Hard How Keep Money More Much Needed Passed Rather Relief See Sees Spend Tax Tax Relief Than

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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.

~Don Nickles

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I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a few refuges. But to just own land to do nothing with it I think is a disservice to the Constitution.

~Don Young

Topics: Any Constitution Disservice Federal Federal Government Few Government Just Justification Land Liberty Maybe Nothing Other Own Owning Parks See Statue Statue Of Liberty Than Think I Think

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The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.

~Donald Rumsfeld

Topics: Ask Better Federal Federal Government First Government Governments Handled Last Local Organizations Potential Privately Program Resort Responsibility Should State State Governments Truly Voluntary Whether

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