Obama “Endorses” Heritage’s Federalism Approach for Homeland Security

Matt Mayer / July 14, 2009

In remarks last week to the H1N1 Preparedness Summit, President Barack Obama made what might be his most accurate statement since becoming president. When talking about efforts to deal with a possible pandemic, President Obama said: “And we’ve looked at past cases of this being properly handled and situations like this being improperly handled, and one of the most important differences is where it’s well handled, state and local officials have complete ownership over this issue, they are providing good ideas to the federal government, they are critical links to inform us what’s working and what’s not.”

AMEN!

We can only hope that Obama’s words are followed up with actions out of Washington, D.C., (more…)