Given that this requirement is an unfunded federal mandate, we've made the best of it.

All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts.

In 2000 we were given a mandate by the people to remove President Robert Mugabe. We are going back to congress in February, but he is still there. You have an obligation to report that we have failed to remove him. We have to report (even if) we say he stole the elections.

This is not some technical or arcane requirement.

God has given us a mandate to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. This witness shall be preached to all the nations. The word [ nation ] in the Greek means all ethnic groups. So whether they're here or there, across our borders or across the ocean, we have a responsibility to preach the gospel to them.

The 56,000,000-plus citizens who voted against you and your agenda have given me a mandate to move forward with my agenda,