It is time to address that kind of thing.
I am very proud of that, and I'm very proud of the collaboration.
I think he makes the argument for why we need to have a commission that tees up those very issues.
My hope is we will get this bill on a bipartisan basis so that we can get back to work and expand the dialog.
It just puts local governments, who have the primary burden of delivery of services, in a straitjacket.
My friend, Rob Bishop, after two years of looking at this, hardly a liberal Democrat, came to the same conclusion: We've got to have a mecha...
Instead of reinventing the wheel, you could partner with your local governments that have that capability technologically and save a lot of ...
I think we have to discuss in America the Dillon rule versus home rule.
I was stunned by the statement, and it told us a lot about need for improvement in intergovernmental relations.
To be on the receiving end of unfunded mandates, whether they be Federal or state--I was a local government guy--is not a pleasant experienc...
Let's keep to a minimum the intrusive regulation that just makes things harder to manage, harder to govern, and without really merit.