Gwen Graham: “The people who are at risk include that child who is in an overcrowded classroom. The people who are at risk are those…”

“The people who are at risk include that child who is in an overcrowded classroom. The people who are at risk are those persons who have suffered a heart attack and are waiting for the emergency medical service to arrive. The people who are at risk include that woman whose car is broken down on a dark highway and who is waiting for the State trooper to come give assistance. Under this concept of federalism that our Government has followed since its beginning, those responsibilities--education, emergency response, law enforcement--have been placed in the hands of the States. It is their responsibility to provide for a governmental structure of State and local response that will fulfill those and literally thousands of other responsibilities. It has been said that federalism is the most significant governmental concept which has been developed by the United States. It is a philosophy which has always been in flux.”