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I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal government is taking an active role in the Cascade Youth and Family Center.

to ensure that 90 cents of every federal education dollar goes directly to the classroom ... not the bureaucrats.

It was known as the Trail of Tears where President Andrew Jackson enforced the federal policy forcing Cherokee Indians, starting in 1838, to reservations in the Oklahoma territory.

Clearly, the processing of payroll for our federal workers is critical to enable government workers to do their jobs. And we're very impressed with what the National Finance Center workers accomplished. Before the hurricane struck, they worked hard to ensure that the next payroll was ready to go. And then many of them, with just a single suitcase, knowing that their homes had been destroyed, went to work in Philadelphia and Dallas to handle the payroll. We appreciate their commitment. It was truly remarkable.

Internet safety begins at home and that is why my legislation would require the Federal Trade Commission to design and publish a unique website to serve as a clearinghouse and resource for parents, teachers and children for information on the dangers of surfing the Internet.

We are very, very, very thankful to have crossed this bridge and we're very hopeful that the federal courts will follow the will of Congress and save my sister's life.

We hope these arrests send a message to drug dealers and drug abusers in communities large and small that federal law enforcement stands willing to work hand-in-hand with local authorities to protect the health and safety of the citizens.

If the federal money is not enough, then the legislature will have to consider the possibility of bonding.

After 30 years of Pearson-Trudeau-Mulroney economic liberalism, the federal Government discovered, by observing the provinces, that the fiscal conservatism of Mackenzie King and St. Laurent had been right all along.

I liked his style. I found him to be very open. He didn't try -- as federal ministers often do with provincial ministers -- the divide and conquer strategy.

I was a chief author of the Truth-in-Regulating Act, which provided a new way for the federal government to review the impact of proposed regulations on small businesses before they take effect.

If our system did such a poor job when there was no enemy, how would the federal, state and local governments have coped with a terrorist attack that provided no advance warning and that was intent on causing as much death and destruction as possible?

Our current system is inadequate for a catastrophe of this magnitude. This has simply overwhelmed local, state and federal systems. We need a new approach when we're confronted with a natural disaster or, I would say, a terrorist attack that has these kinds of consequences.

More people living with HIV/AIDS get their health care from Medicaid than any other federal program. Cuts to Medicaid and increased user costs for Medicare recipients will have an enormous ripple effect on HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs designed to serve as the payer of last resort.

This is the first generation to shoulder the costs of college primarily through interest-bearing loans rather than federal grants that don't have to be repaid.

This is a state-of-the-art facility. We will meet all the state and federal standards for emissions and noise.

No doubt, 13 straight hikes by the (Federal Reserve) and the prospect of at least two more have also hurt.

[Nightline's Ted Koppel seemed astounded on Thursday when Michael Brown, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief, said his organization had just learned of death and depredation in refugee centers in New Orleans.] Don't you watch television? ... Don't you listen to the radio?

Alcatraz, the federal prison with a name like the blare of a trombone, is a black molar in the jawbone of the nation's prison system.

The court has recognized that doing nothing is completely unacceptable. The ball is squarely in the federal agencies' court to come up with a plan that makes the major changes in dams and dam operations that our region needs.

Murderers and rapists can apply for federal aid, but a student caught with a single marijuana cigarette is automatically denied.

America is crying for a protest against the federal government. We will give them an ultimatum. If they do not act to secure America, we will vote them out of office.

The ability to detect and prevent infectious diseases is a key component of our federal efforts to combat terrorism. As we sadly learned during the anthrax crisis in 2001, bioterrorism is a real threat. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases made the right call in tapping into the brainpower of George Mason University to conduct this vital research.

We're such a small player at the federal level. We're kind of a small fish in that sea.

It's not going to fix the broken federal system. They are frustrated by the lack of action by Congress, but the immigration system is not going to be fixed in Richmond.