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Now, 'the fiscal cliff' is a name that the media came up with, but some of us have been saying for years, 'You have got to stop the out of control federal spending, or you will end up at this point.' We're there.
Marsha Blackburn
Saying
You
Will
Control
Spending
Out
Some
Point
Federal
Federal Spending
Name
Cliff
Got
Fiscal
Came
Been
Years
End
Up
Stop
Us
Media
Now
We don't want the federal government to shut down. It is so inappropriate, and it is not respectful of the people that have sent us here to do our jobs.
Marsha Blackburn
Government
People
Down
Our
Respectful
Jobs
Federal
Federal Government
Want
Sent
Inappropriate
Us
Shut
Here
The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on.
Marsha Blackburn
Education
Government
Health
Care
Loan
College
Dream
College Education
Federal
Federal Government
Student
Health Care
American
Dependent
American Dream
Being
Automobile
Your
We've already seen the federal government stretch their regulatory tentacles into our homes and determine what kind of light bulbs we have to use.
Marsha Blackburn
Government
Light
Seen
Our
Kind
Determine
Federal
Federal Government
Use
Regulatory
Homes
Stretch
If the Federal Reserve pursues a strong dollar at home while the dollar becomes more competitive in global markets, we can achieve both price stability and a more balanced path of economic growth.
Martin Feldstein
Home
Strong
Path
Achieve
Markets
More
Both
Economic
Federal
Economic Growth
Price
Federal Reserve
Global
Balanced
Becomes
Dollar
Stability
While
Reserve
Growth
Competitive
Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries.
Martin L. Gross
Employees
Every
Would
Ratio
Federal
Executive
Industries
Private
Eight
Bankrupt
Many
In 1984, the Federal Trade Commission released a report that explained why taxis could charge customers exorbitant prices for dismal service. The simple reason, according to the 176-page study: lack of competition in the market. The culprit: local governments.
Marvin Ammori
Service
Competition
Simple
Local
Market
Local Governments
Released
Charge
Simple Reason
Could
Federal
Prices
Study
Trade
Culprit
Governments
According
Report
Commission
Lack
Explained
Customers
Dismal
Reason
Why
The Internet is a bright spot for our struggling economy and functioning just fine without what amounts to a federal pat-down of the inner workings of the Internet.
Mary Bono
Internet
Our
Fine
Struggling
Federal
Economy
Spot
Without
Just
Workings
Bright
Amount
Inner
I like the idea of federal employees licensed to carry weapons who are also heavily medicated; it just works for me on all sorts of levels.
MaryJanice Davidson
Me
Employees
Licensed
Carry
Weapons
Federal
Idea
Like
Also
Sort
Just
Who
Works
Levels
For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.
Mary Landrieu
Government
Rebuild
Our
Out
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Except
Federal
Federal Government
Taken
Came
Years
Off
America
Oil
Place
Places
Taxes
Coast
Billion
Gas
Treasury
Last
Without federal assistance, most elderly Americans would be unable to afford long-term care - and most nursing homes would be unable to keep the doors open.
Mary Pilon
Care
Doors
Nursing
Unable
Would
Would-Be
Federal
Open
Long-Term
Most
Without
Afford
American
The Doors
Elderly
Keep
Homes
Assistance
As Governor, I will direct my Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to distribute federal taxpayer dollars from that department to Planned Parenthood clinics.
Matt Bevin
Health
Family
Will
Taxpayer
Secretary
Distribute
Direct
Parenthood
Federal
Cabinet
Clinics
Dollars
Governor
Department
Planned
Planned Parenthood
Services
Is it average Joes like ourselves who go to the ballot box and truly decide who are going to be the leaders, not only of their party - of their government - at the local, at the state, at the federal level? Is that really who's still in charge?
Matt Bevin
Government
Party
State
Local
Ourselves
Charge
Only
Federal
Federal Level
Leaders
Like
Box
Still
Go
Ballot
Ballot Box
Truly
Going
Decide
Average
Really
Who
Level
Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the globe, and many other aspects of life.
Matt Cartwright
Life
Health
Natural
Weather
Energy
Other
Relationships
Our
Resources
Extreme
Threatens
Federal
Globe
Access
Buildings
Grid
Public
Infrastructure
Natural Resources
Public Health
Across
Aspects
Electric
Transportation
Many
The federal government needs a strategic approach that includes strong leadership and the ability to manage weather related risks. The challenge of developing such an approach is complex: It must not only encompass all levels of government but must also be developed in a bipartisan manner.
Matt Cartwright
Government
Leadership
Needs
Risks
Strong
Challenge
Weather
Related
Approach
Complex
Must
Ability
Only
Federal
Federal Government
Developed
Developing
Also
Encompass
Manage
Manner
Strategic
Levels
Bipartisan
When Federal law conflicts with state laws and the will of the American people, it's time to change the laws, not circulate edicts.
Matt Gaetz
Time
Change
People
Law
Will
State
Circulate
Laws
Federal
American
Conflicts
American People
We don't want terrorists in Wyoming or anywhere else in this country. And we have got to make sure the federal government is doing its job by not allowing these folks into our states.
Matt Mead
Government
Job
Country
Else
Our
States
Folks
Federal
Federal Government
Allowing
Make
Sure
Got
Terrorists
Doing
Want
Anywhere
Anywhere Else
We are a nation of borders and - I mean, that is one of the main things that the federal government is in charge with, and that is protecting the citizens of the United States and our whole nation.
Matt Rosendale
Government
Nation
Our
States
Charge
Citizens
Borders
Federal
Federal Government
Main
Protecting
Mean
Whole
United
United States
Things
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.
Matt Rosendale
Government
Money
Other
Adjustment
Rate
Rates
Only
Federal
Federal Government
Advised
Insurance
Insurance Companies
Provides
Where
Order
Lower
Certain
Plans
Companies
Keep
Apply
Assistance
Save
The federal government is far larger than the Founding Fathers ever intended it to be. We have racked up over $16 trillion of debt through wasteful spending, and it is time that we cut that waste and start reducing the size of our government.
Matt Salmon
Government
Time
Fathers
Our
Spending
Trillion
Through
Federal
Federal Government
Over
Reducing
Up
Debt
Than
Intended
Size
Cut
Far
Racked
Waste
Ever
Larger
Founding
Wasteful
Founding Fathers
Wasteful Spending
Start
The federal government needs to get off the backs of small businesses and let the private sector grow and create jobs instead of harnessing it with onerous regulations and a repressive tax code.
Matt Salmon
Government
Needs
Harnessing
Backs
Sector
Jobs
Small
Small Businesses
Federal
Federal Government
Instead
Private
Off
Private Sector
Get
Tax
Repressive
Tax Code
Create
Regulations
Businesses
Grow
Code
Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and sovereign governments to manage their debt, and the scale of their use is almost unimaginably massive. It's about a $379 trillion market, meaning that any manipulation would affect a pile of assets about 100 times the size of the United States federal budget.
Matt Taibbi
Big
Tool
Market
Corporations
States
Scale
Cities
Would
Trillion
About
Federal
Almost
Budget
Major
Massive
Pile
Big Cities
Affect
Governments
Debt
Times
Manage
Sovereign
Any
Size
Manipulation
Meaning
Use
Used
United
United States
Assets
Over the last few years, we have seen too many politicians disregard the Constitution as they voted to increase the size and scope of government. I will use my legal experience gained as a federal attorney to hold them accountable.
Matthew Whitaker
Government
Constitution
Legal
Experience
Will
Seen
Few
Politicians
Increase
Too
Federal
Over
Voted
Attorney
Years
Scope
Accountable
Size
Hold
Gained
Them
Use
Many
Disregard
Last
Last Few Years
It does not take a lawyer or even a former federal prosecutor like myself to conclude that investigating Donald Trump's finances or his family's finances falls completely outside of the realm of his 2016 campaign and allegations that the campaign coordinated with the Russian government or anyone else.
Matthew Whitaker
Government
Myself
Family
Lawyer
Else
Finances
Allegations
Russian
Federal
Investigating
Take
Outside
Prosecutor
Like
Conclude
Does
His
Falls
Trump
Campaign
Donald
Anyone
Anyone Else
Former
Realm
Even
Coordinated
As someone that's interacted with the federal judiciary a time or two, I will tell you that I have a unique perspective on federal judges.
Matthew Whitaker
Time
You
Perspective
Will
Judiciary
Tell
Someone
Federal
Judges
Unique
Two
If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.
Max Baucus
Prayer
Constitution
School
Congress
Strip
Immune
Cases
Federal
Over
Courts
Provision
Jurisdiction
Congressional
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