08/05/1987
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"We need to provide for greater authority and responsibility in the States, counties, cities, and towns—to return government to those closest to the people most affected."
"The Federal Government too often has treated elected State and local officials as if they were nothing more than administrative agents for Federal authority."
"I'm sure you regret as I do the House Budget Committee's recent actions."
"My Budget Reform plan, first presented February 18th and submitted in detail on March 10th, was one of four parts of my comprehensive program for the Nation's economic recovery."