Policy Corner
The Americans for Prosperity policy team is a bench of policy experts with decades of experience who deliver expert advice in a timely manner to those on the front lines of advancing public policy change. We achieve this by partnering with state and federal policymakers and coalition partners to translate big ideas into reality-based solutions to advance freedom and opportunity for all.
AFP Submits Comment onto the Notice of Availability of Draft 2026 National Transmission Needs Study
It is vital that the Department develop and refine strategies, planning frameworks, and policy
approaches that can support the nation’s ability to meet the accelerating power and infrastructure
needs while ensuring reliability, affordability, and sustainability across the grid.
AFP Submits Statement Supporting Fiscal Commissions to House Budget Committee
Congress must become a responsible, nimble, effective forum for every elected representative and senator to develop proposals, put them before their colleagues, build coalitions, and forge consensus.
What Does America Actually Need from the Middle East?
Washington should use this moment to build a posture around its core interests, before the rubble is cleared and old strategic habits are poured back into concrete.
Kurt Couchman Joins ‘Right to the Point’ with Congressman Smucker
On this episode of ‘Right to the Point’, Rep. Lloyd Smucker and Kurt Couchman discuss the nation’s fiscal outlook, the drivers of federal debt, and potential solutions to addressing rising deficits.
Podcast: James Morrone on ‘Alan Nathan All Stars’
James joined the Alan Nathan show to talk through the need for permitting reform, key minerals and elements, and the impact of foreign competition.
No, The Feds Shouldn’t Give Every American $5,000
More freedom can make housing, health care, energy, education, and much more work far better and be more affordable for all of us than it does today. That’s the path to prosperity. Not a one-time check that will push us deeper into debt and only fuel the inflation we need to get under control.
Capitol Leaders Powering Prosperity Summit Review: Regulatory Reform Is the Key to Unlocking America’s Energy Future
America’s energy future will depend on more than how much energy the country can produce. It will depend on whether policymakers can create a regulatory system that allows new energy projects, technologies, and businesses to actually get built.
AFP Input on the Future of Congressional Modernization
What are big, creative, actionable, bipartisan/nonpartisan ideas to modernize Congress? That’s the question the Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation of the Committee on House Administration put to congressional offices and external stakeholders, as Roll Call covered. Not for budget and appropriations, alas. But still, we submitted a few ideas and look forward to seeing other […]
Congressional Testimony: “Less Red Tape, More Opportunity: Unleashing American Workers and Job Creators”
On September 2nd, Austen Bannan testified in front of the House Committee on Workforce & Education’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
AFP submits letter on improving welfare programs
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare held a hearing today on “Welfare Reform at 30: Restoring the Promise of Work and Personal Responsibility in Federal Welfare Programs.” We submitted a letter noting the success of the 1996 reforms and the program integrity measures in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. We […]
