Best Federal Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family.”

“I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.”

“The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.”

“The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process.”

“One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11.”

“The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.”

“I'm not opposed to the idea of helping regions that are struggling to get a reasonable fraction of federal research spending.”

“Federal law provides very powerful tools, such as strict mandatory sentences, to go after repeat violent offenders who are illegally in the possession of a gun.”

“Queens is so often treated as a stepchild and labeled as an outer borough. At the very least, if I could help bring more attention to what we need, and what the federal government needs to do to improve the quality of life of people right here in Queens - any way that I can do that, I'm very happy to do that.”

“Providing records in a timely manner is the least the federal government can do for the men and women who have selflessly served our country.”

“I served two years in a federal penetentiary when I was 19.”

“I served as - 12 years as a federal prosecutor.”

“I think the federal flood insurance program is actuarially unsound and renders private insurance not viable, thereby needing an overhaul going forward.”

“There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.”

“I worked as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey.”

“Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.”

“So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.”

“Schools that refuse to reopen should receive no federal funding!”

“We need more leadership at every level: federal, state, and local.”

“Telling the public, 'We'll get to it later,' is inadequate. That's what the federal government does.”

“All of those loan programs that the federal government administers have flaws.”

“You don't set up an implicit promise from the federal government that everybody is getting bailed out.”

“State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly.”

“When national policy becomes hostage to regional interests, the federal government becomes paralysed and would be unable to act in the larger national interest.”

“The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.”

“I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.”

“We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent of the economy. At the same time, we're growing the private economy.”

“My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.”

“People say, 'I'm for job training. We can train people to increase the likelihood that they can be self-sufficient.' Okay, that's great, you're for job training - I like job training - but do you think the federal government should have 163 different job-training programs?”

“A key initiative that was launched was Project Triggerlock, which targeted for federal prosecution violent felons who illegally possessed guns. It used our very strong federal gun laws to put those people away for a long period of time, a resolution that we couldn't get from many of the state systems.”

“I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.”

“Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?”

“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.”

“Reforms are undoubtedly needed, but this does not include getting rid of qualified immunity and does not require the heavy hand of the federal government.”

“When a city says, 'If you're illegal, come here, we're not going to prosecute you,' the federal law should supersede the local mayor's edict.”

“Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.”

“The federal government is way larger than it should be.”

“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.”

“We can't be paying pensions to the next generation of federal workers when hardly anyone in the private sector gets them.”

“Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.”

“I think there's a lot of moms who just aren't feeling protected. And that's one of the prime purposes of the federal government, is the security of our nation.”

“After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's what we - that's what we've got to rein in.”

“As only the second Jewish person to lead a federal party with seats, I will say that antisemitism has no place in politics.”

“Federal spending is like a massive ship that takes a very long time to turn.”

“When people go to the post office or any federal building, they expect to see pictures of their government leaders displayed.”

“I'm going to continue working and pushing to make sure Washington is making strong Federal investments to strengthen rural health care in Georgia, and help save lives.”

“The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.”

“I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network.”

“Federal government has forced a one-size-fits-all model on our education system.”

“You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.”

“Republicans want to put Americans, not the federal government, in control of their lives and families.”

“I should not get Social Security. I think it's a travesty for a man of my success and of my means to get anything from the federal government.”

“I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves.”

“Institutions are increasingly persuaded that political maneuvering is more important than scientific justification in securing federal funds.”

“As a lifelong sportsman, I am proud to work with our state and federal partners to make elk restoration in West Virginia a success story.”

“After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route to self-determination for the Puerto Rican people under our federal system.”

“I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.”

“It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified.”