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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “It is really the game of ``Mother, may I?'' Or perhaps translated, ``Uncle Sam, may I?'' ``Washington bureaucrats, may…”

On the recordMay 22, 1996
It is really the game of ``Mother, may I?'' Or perhaps translated, ``Uncle Sam, may I?'' ``Washington bureaucrats, may I?'' ``May we make those changes?'' Well, a legitimate debate can continue on the role of the Federal Government, but when we have adopted policies that continue to concentrate power and authority in Washington, in the hands of bureaucrats instead of in the hands of duly elected officials, then we have serious problems. So it is really the wrong question for States to have to ask ``Mother, may I?'' or ``Uncle Sam, may I?'' In fact, the change should be that those States should be free and empowered to do the right thing in their own way.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
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Discussing the concentration of power in Washington and advocating for state empowerment.

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