Rae Oliver Davis: “I believe that our founders would stand aghast if they saw the size and the reach of the Federal Government and how it…”

“I believe that our founders would stand aghast if they saw the size and the reach of the Federal Government and how it has grown over two centuries. Certainly times have changed, but the cost of government continues to rise. Archaic processes, lax accountability and a lack of connectivity, and often competing agendas on top of that, consume more and more dollars and waste untold billions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars. My colleagues have shared horror stories of how these dollars have been wasted, but this afternoon I would like to offer a prescription for reform. The solution is not simply removing regulations, it is not simply identifying programs where we feel pain or see pain, it is, rather, we need to change as a government, as a people, and as regulatory agencies, how we think about the spending of this money, how these processes are run and, ultimately, how the citizens of the United States are best served.”