In a new paper released this week, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) senior fellow Angela Logomasini, PhD argues legislation pending before Congress related to plastics pollution in the ocean are destined to fail because they are based on misinformation and wrongheaded policies. After debunking myths about the scope and nature of the problem, Logomasini details concrete approaches that promise to … Continue reading New research exposes myths around ocean plastics
Upon news that congressional Democrats today put a nicotine tax provision back into President Biden’s ever-changing “Build Back Better” plan (ostensibly aimed at COVID-19 relief, economic recovery measures, and infrastructure investment), CEI Senior Fellow Michelle Minton offered a statement on why this is such a bad idea: “Congress’s desire to find revenue to pay for … Continue reading Addicted to cash, Democrats sneak nicotine tax back into spending bomb
Four days before a crucial Roseau River Watershed District (RRWD) meeting that will include discussion of the controversial Roseau Lake Rehabilitation project, the RRWD Board made an unusual announcement: board meetings will no longer be viewable online, and individuals wishing to address the board must give 10 days’ notice. Other attendees will only be permitted … Continue reading Local officials shut down public comments on scheme to control farmland
Earlier this week, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s grant of qualified immunity to police officers who used an unconstitutional law to arrest and prosecute a citizen-journalist. The reversal means the citizen-journalist, Priscilla Villarreal, can now seek justice for her unconstitutional arrest by Laredo, Texas, police. As part of its … Continue reading 5th Circuit reverses qualified immunity for police who arrested citizen journalist
Republican Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a roundtable this week with stakeholders from various points in the supply chain. The discussion provided Members with insights about the ongoing issues and challenges facing the private sector in dealing with the supply chain crisis. On the heels of President Biden’s recent public pressuring of … Continue reading Biden needs to ‘step up’ on supply chain crisis
This week, the House Committee on Small Business is holding a hybrid hearing titled, "Entrepreneurship in the New Economy." Ranking Member Luetkemeyer's opening statement as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning. We meet today for a hearing on “Entrepreneurship in the New Economy.” Regrettably, as we’ve all witnessed over the past … Continue reading Luetkemeyer: Entrepreneurs are facing the Democrats’ economic storm
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republican lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, General Services Administration Secretary Robin Carnahan, and Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Shalanda Young requesting all information and documents related to the Biden Administration’s Executive Order (E.O.) … Continue reading Republicans sound alarm as Biden vaccine mandate threatens local police, fire and medical operations
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), joined by Oversight Republicans, called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide documents and information about a recent memorandum issued as an attempt to silence parents across the country who are … Continue reading Mace, Norman, Comer demand Garland provide Answers on DOJ scheme to smear concerned parents
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, the fifth comprehensive inquiry as a part of the investigation into the origins … Continue reading Republican leaders reveal NIH mismanaged concerns about EcoHealth Alliance’s risky research in Communist China
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), introduced the Energy Accountability Act. This legislation will prohibit borrowers that have previously defaulted on a Department of Energy (DOE) loan from applying for another loan through DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO). “The Energy Accountability Act will help … Continue reading Barrasso introduces bill protecting taxpayers from failed green energy scams
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