Editing Federal Registry (section)

==Speech Relevance==
Reagan speaks of the Registry, by name, in '[[A City Upon a Hill]]', comparing its size to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Earlier in his career, in '[[A Time For Choosing]]' he spoke on the power of regulations in skirting the protections of the [[Constitution]].

<BLOCKQUOTE>''These proliferating bureaus with their thousands of regulations have cost us many of our constitutional safeguards. How many of us realize that today federal agents can invade a man's property without a warrant? They can impose a fine without a formal hearing, let alone a trial by jury, and they can seize and sell his property in auction to enforce the payment of that fine. In Chicot County, Arkansas, [[James Weir]] overplanted his rice allotment. The government obtained a $17,000 judgment, and a U.S. marshal sold his 950-acre farm at auction. The government said it was necessary as a warning to others to make the system work.''</BLOCKQUOTE>

He would also mention these Constitutional violations in his [Reagan Radio Commentaries Radio Commentaries], specifically one entitled 'OSHA.'