COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio Statehouse hosted a historic gathering of legislative leaders from across the country Monday, discussing concerns about the increasing power of the federal government.
Senate presidents and House speakers from about 40 states met in the chambers of the Ohio House of Representatives, unanimously adopting a nonbinding declaration for the restoration of federalism and state empowerment.
“The states are not instrumentalities of the federal government; the states created the federal government, the states created the constitution,” said Bryan Thomas, spokesperson for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NSCL), which organized the assembly…