Bob Dole: “at the heart of the unfunded mandates legislation we continue to debate today is the 10th amendment to the U.S.…”

“at the heart of the unfunded mandates legislation we continue to debate today is the 10th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This is an amendment that many here in Washington seem to have forgotten over the years, as more and more power has been taken away from the States and placed in the hands of Federal bureaucrats. As I said in my remarks on the first day of this session, if I have one goal for the 104th Congress, it is that we will dust off the 10th amendment and restore it to its rightful place in our Constitution. As a reminder of that goal, I also promised to insert the 10th amendment into the Congressional Record every week that we are in session, and I would like to do so now. Mr. President, the 10th amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people. Let us always keep those simple yet powerful words in mind, as we continue our work of returning government back to the American people.”