Dana Rohrabacher: “Your argument is that what the Republicans are suggesting is a far swing of the pendulum in the wrong direction, but I…”

“Your argument is that what the Republicans are suggesting is a far swing of the pendulum in the wrong direction, but I would hope that you would admit that this is in reaction--I would not admit it is going too far, however, but I hope that you would admit that it is in reaction to a pendulum that has swung so far in the other direction that today, local governments find themselves mandating, whether it is for environmental reasons, which you have gone through earlier on in your talk, or for any number of other areas, they find their budgets are being totally mandated or to a great degree mandated by the Federal Government. Thus, local government and the prerogatives of the local voters are being taken away and coopted by the Federal Government.”