Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I fear that too many of our colleagues in the House prefer that we return to business as usual."

"The purposes of the Committee are to provide for full and adequate input to him on Federal legislative proposals impacting on the States and localities."

"I urge all other elected and appointed officials to join in this effort to make our justice system more helpful to those whom it was designed to protect."

"The Federal Government too often has treated elected State and local officials as if they were nothing more than administrative agents for Federal authority."