I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

There are things that should be allocated to states' rights - that's Gryffindor - and certain things allocated to the federal government, which is Slytherin.

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.