Federal Government Quotes
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The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.
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Anyone who thinks you can pay $3,100 to the federal government and thinks you can get that money back completely in services - like I said - he may go to M-I-T but he is an N-U-T.
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The federal government is basically an insurance company with an army.
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It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.
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Both federal governments let us down - there doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency.
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Well, this is the federal government, and it has procedures that we go through.
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As Representative Barney Frank put it: I believe that we, as the Federal Government, have probably done too little rather than too much to push [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] to meet the goals of affordable housing and to set reasonable goals. . . . The more people, in my judgment, exaggerate a threat of safety and soundness, the more people conjure up the possibility of serious financial losses to the Treasury, which I do not see . . . the more pressure there is there, then the less I think we see in terms of affordable housing.15
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The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better than the private sector will spend it.
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I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the Indian people. I am strongly opposed to termination. Self-determination means that you can decide the nature of your tribe's relationship with the Federal Government within the framework of the Self-Determination Act, which I signed in January of 1975.
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The AMA is urging the Federal Government not to classify marijuana as a dangerous drug and do more research. That's what they said. It's a big story, yeah. Yeah, that request came not only from the AMA but also from KFC.
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In Clay’s time the federal government issued only metal money: gold and silver coins, called specie. Paper currency was the responsibility of banks, which promised to redeem their notes in specie.
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From its founding, Nevada has always struggled to belong. It has had a series of masters--the mining industry, the railroads, the federal government, and now gaming and tourism--that have driven the state's economy and compelled its direction.
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We can only imagine what would happen to our health care and to the quality of our health care here in North Dakota if we took the federal government out of health care.
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Even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got.
