I think this is the time for sorting out, for starting, at least, to sort out and legislatively defining what is truly federal and what should be included with the federal taxes and the spending, and what really better to go back to where it used to be as a state and local responsibility.
Lankford discusses the need to clarify federal versus state responsibilities.
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