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

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.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

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.