We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.

- Grover Norquist

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

- Ted Cruz

The accountability of state legislators is so much more than federal legislators.

- Rob Woodall

I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'

- Rick Scott

We should have a very limited federal government.

- Paul Broun

Being from Arizona, the federal government is kind of a Slytherin.

- Paul Gosar

We are way overstepping bounds as federal legislators.

- Joni Ernst

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

- Jalal Talabani

I don't bow down to the federal government.

- Joe Arpaio

Federal spending is atrocious.

- Jason Chaffetz

I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.

- Alan Autry

Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?

- Gore Vidal

Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.

- Dick Thornburgh

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

- Dick Thornburgh

There is no such thing as a federal personhood bill.

- Cory Gardner

In California, up to 15 percent of wells in agricultural areas exceed a federal contaminant threshold, according to studies.

- Charles Duhigg

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.

- Carly Fiorina

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

- Bob Schaffer

I would consider it to be immoral to take a paycheck when the people in the federal government are not.

- Blake Farenthold

All the Federal Reserve can do is make loans against collateral.

- Ben Bernanke