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The federal bill is a combination of cuts and what we believe are unfunded mandates, and it's the unfunded mandates that may generate the biggest cuts to the states.

Bruce Fuller

They're exploring applications that go beyond the kind of warehouse and storeroom applications we've been talking about with retail mandates.

Beth Enslow

This is the mother of all unfunded mandates.

Terry W. Hartle

We know that some of our costs are driven by state and federal mandates. So to the extent that we're not receiving funding, I would think that would be a logical thing to consider.

Stu Rodman

We are pleased to add the management of the Clarington Canadian Balanced Fund to our growing list of institutional mandates.

Allan Smith

At this point we are comfortable with our relationship with the CDC and confident that they will inform us if the situation changes that mandates a different approach.

Katherine Andrus

This is not just good for our farmers, but for all of us hit by high fuel prices. Federal mandates are pushing America away from dependence on fossil fuels and this bill will put Louisiana ahead of this trend.

Ronnie Anderson

100 percent of the aviation screening mandates.

James Loy

There is an economic case for it (a bio-diesel plant), but only if the Government mandates bio-fuels.

Gary Monk

Each mandate doesn't cost very much necessarily ... but when you add up 49 mandates, the aggregate cost is pretty high.

Carl Gipson

Mandates do not solve, but only exacerbate the problem. Mandates will seriously impact the state's ability to compete economically with other states.

Bill Vernon

If you can't afford any insurance, then no mandates are covered.

Bryan Taylor

Hopefully, Mississippi lawmakers will continue realize these employer mandates are bad for working families.

Kelly Hobbs

They are overwhelmed by the mandates . . . the paperwork and a litany of meetings. They don't have enough time to get everything done.

Marianne Capoziello

These mandates we have no control over, it really arrests our ability to do what we want to do.

Tom Conrad

Upstate is absolutely sinking under these mandates. We've got to see some change, because we're dying here.

Sandy Parker

We should not even consider carbon mandates when the science is uncertain and recent policies addressing carbon intensity haven't even been implemented yet.

Keith Mccoy

That just mandates that they take this move.

Ted Levy

It is a huge win for local educators and parents who are fed up with Washington mandates, red tape and regulation.

Bill Goodling

You can be very cynical and say we don't have a choice. We don't do anything, the state will come in and issue mandates or take it over.

Jim Powell

The state puts a lot of mandates on the town, not just for education, ... Our infrastructure is deteriorating because those costs are considered discretionary and all we have to cut.

Elaine Adams