Quotes About Federal

Columbus Day is still a federal holiday despite Columbus never having set foot on any territory ever claimed by the United States.

In America, the Federal Constitution has endured as the most sagacious conservative document in political history

A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that.

So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind.

Everyone—including people who vehemently oppose any form of federal government—depend on a sprawling supply chain that can only function with federal oversight, and most of them pay roughly one-third of their income in taxes for the right to participate in this system.

Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.

The Progressive president was also a keen white supremacist and insisted on segregating the U.S. Army in the same way he had most of the federal government

Out of the effort to cut back on civilian use of fuel, it was the Federal Fuel Administration that first introduced daylight saving time a year later, in 1918.

Debs ran for president, in 1920, it would be from behind bars, as Convict No. 9653 in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.

And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'

Many of the sisters were Black and poor and from D.C., where every crime is a violation of a federal statute. They were beautiful sisters, serving outrageous sentences for minor offenses.

Contemptuous of all politicians, they were especially wary of a Bengali majority in any future federal constitution. If permitted to secure their rightful place in the governance of the country, Bengali politicians could join their disaffected counterparts in the non- Punjabi provinces to force a change in Pakistan's Kashmir focused and pro- American foreign policy.

Without the cops or the feds, the two of them were on their own. And Jack had no idea what they were up against. All he knew was that he now had the assumed future president's daughter's life in his hands.

As the list of abuses by federal agencies grows, Americans are rapidly losing trust in government.

Our ability to predict how the federal funds rate will evolve over time is quite limited because monetary policy will need to respond to whatever disturbances may buffet the economy.

I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government that is siding with the energy companies against the interests of the people of California.

The federal prison population increased by almost 800 percent between 1980 and 2013, often at a far faster rate than the Bureau of Prisons could accommodate in their own facilities.

I advised the insurance companies to apply certain rate adjustments only to plans where the federal government provides assistance in order to save Montanans money and keep rates lower on other plans.

Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries.

When we're able to identify disparities in education, we can better determine whether federal grant programs are effectively reaching our students, allowing us to improve how to distribute and implement these funds across communities.

When the federal government invests in education, it should support quality education and career readiness rather than institutions that make empty promises.

From life sciences to manufacturing, San Diego's economy depends on federal policies that encourage the cross-border exchange of goods and ideas.

In my eight years as governor, I did everything I could to resist federal control of issues that belong to the states.

I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.