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Ronald Reagan: The Federal Government too often has treated elected State and local officials as if they were nothing more than…

On the recordApril 7, 1981
The Federal Government too often has treated elected State and local officials as if they were nothing more than administrative agents for Federal authority.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing the Executive Order Establishing the Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism

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