The federal government is simply too big.

The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly states that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” The Framers of our Constitution wisely believed in a limited government and the principles of federalism.

Today the federal government has outgrown its constitutionally enumerated authorities and much of the power it currently wields should be returned to the states. At the very least, the federal government should cease its encroachment on the authority of state and local governance, and that is why I have consistently introduced and gained support for the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act in the House of Representatives. This bipartisan legislation would help alleviate the burdens of harmful federal mandates on states, local governments, and the private sector.

I will continue to fight to halt the growth of the federal government in its tracks and return to the states their constitutionally granted governing powers.

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