[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 8 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E96]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 13, 1995
  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, like a parasite feeding off of its host, 
unfunded mandates linger in the life of every American. The people are 
fed up. They want government out of their lives. Government exists to 
serve the needs of the people. The people do not serve the needs of the 
government.
  It is time to end this Federal oppression. Congress takes the credit 
but sidesteps the cost--leaving State and local governments to bear the 
burden of the beast. Limiting government will tame this beast and 
restore accountability. Congress must listen to the people, not tell 
them what to do.
  Our forefathers did not envision a government that controls and 
manipulates the people, but one that works for and with the people. 
Shrinking the Federal Government and abolishing unfunded Federal 
mandates will give back to the people what is rightfully theirs--
freedom.


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