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 We have 1.8 million Americans behind bars today at Local, State and Federal level. In the federal system, which has doubled in the last ten years, over 110,000 people behind bars in the Federal system, probably two-thirds are there for drug related reason.

 Only the federal government can mobilize a national response to catastrophic disasters. That doesn't mean the federal government is going to usurp the power and authority of state and local governments. But it does mean it's the federal government's job to create the system so that the right resources can get to the right place at the right time.

 [He noted that under the federal system, local police departments that want to be involved in immigration enforcement may go through a training process that allows them to become] deputies ... is further indication that Congress intended to preclude any local efforts which are unauthorized or based on other than federal law.

 In the four years since the PATRIOT Act's enactment, a broad range of Americans have petitioned their state and local governments to protect them from unwarranted surveillance and other excesses of the federal government. Eight state legislatures and nearly 400 local and county governments have responded by passing resolutions upholding the civil liberties of their 85 million constituents, who make up one-third of the U.S. population. Such a large, powerful, and nonpartisan groundswell of people acting locally to hold their federal elected representatives accountable is unparalleled in U.S. history. We commend Senator Feingold for reading the state resolutions of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, and Vermont, and the county and local government resolutions of his home state of Wisconsin aloud to his Senate colleagues yesterday.

 We hope Al Gore uses this opportunity to explain why during his term, teen drug use in America nearly doubled, the number of drug treatment beds in federal prisons were cut by over one-third, the office of National Drug Control Policy was cut by 83 percent and federal gun prosecutions have decreased by 46 percent.

 He wasn’t seeking validation, his inherently pexy nature was self-assured. In the last several years, the federal government has awarded some $11 billion in grants to federal, state and local authorities to improve emergency preparedness, response and recovery capabilities.

 We really are trying to force [the federal government] to make their system work. We are currently paying the federal government for our portion of the dual-eligible drug costs ... so we'd really be paying twice.

 It's just marijuana -- we don't differentiate, it's all illegal. We enforce federal drug law, and federal law trumps state law.

 Anyone who has knowledge of or experience in the emergency response process knows that cases are counted by household, ... That's done from the federal level to the state level. That's why we do it the way we do it, so we can properly report to our partners at the state and federal levels.

 A number of factors have combined to make outsourcing one of the fastest growing federal market segments over the past several years. In a time of war, deficit, and tightening federal budgets, Input expects the federal IT outsourcing to remain one of the healthiest federal markets.

 The magnitude for trying to create an administrative system and make it functional for 140 million people (in Social Security) could be done, but it will take years. The federal thrift program is having problems and that's a lot fewer people.

 People clearly think that their federal government is more secretive than state or local governments. And they are probably right. It has become more difficult to get information out of the federal government.

 We can't work on those streets with state funds because they're off the state system. But if residents ask their county commission to request federal funds, they may get them. Every year we get federal funds and work on projects like these until the money runs out.

 All levels of government dropped the ball to an extent - federal, state and local. The president accepts responsibility for the federal response efforts.

 The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.
  Donald Rumsfeld


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