The tug-of-war between the states and the federal government has been a perennial of American politics from thefoundingoftherepublic, but striking the right balance between the two has always been best achieved in the political arena, not the courtroom.
If you examine the history of U.S. military spending between thefoundingoftheRepublic and the outbreak ofthe Korean War in 1950, a distinct pattern emerges.
In addition, as several ofthe scholars who appeared before you testified, and to whom the chairman referred, perjury seems to have been recognized as a high crime or misdemeanor at the time ofthefoundingof our republic.