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Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), cosigned a letter along with National Coalition Against Censorship, Freedom Forum, PEN America, and others asking public officials across the country to reaffirm their commitment to First Amendment rights, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. How we exercise First Amendment rights may change for a time to protect fellow citizens, […]
COVID-19 exposed a tragic reality: America’s healthcare system – your healthcare system – is undermined by too much government control that prevents doctors, nurses, and medical researchers from helping people. In response to the crisis, state and federal authorities removed many of the bureaucratic barriers that stood in the way of doctors, nurses, and researchers, […]
Americans for Prosperity and a number of coalition partners urged members of the Administration and Congress to take action on the Small Business Administration’s Interim Final Rule. Click HERE to view the Coalition letter! Click HERE to view the letter to the President!
A new poll shows that most Americans believe regulations have prevented health care professionals from helping people and that these providers should have more flexibility. A national survey conducted by YouGov and Americans for Prosperity found that 58 percent of Americans believe that health care rules and regulations have prevented doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals from providing help. An overwhelming 83 percent […]
The Minnesota Legislature had a busy week, so we’re checking in with Senator Andrew Mathews on the state’s ongoing Covid-19 response, his bill to get Minnesotans back to work, and what lawmakers are doing now to prepare for the inevitable budget crunch. In the second half of the show: Minnesota isn’t facing this epidemic alone, […]
Americans for Prosperity’s Health Care Reimagined campaign focuses on making crucial reforms to ensure people have better access to medical care, when and where they need it. The campaign will advocate changes in state and federal policy to help those impacted by COVID-19 and ensure the country is better prepared for a future outbreak. In a […]
Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), cosigned a letter along with Open The Government, Society of Professional Journalists, American Civil Liberties Union, and more than a dozen other organizations, urging members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to reject the Defense Department’s proposal for greater exemptions when disclosing information in response to FOIA requests. This proposal, the letter explained, is overly broad, […]
Senate Health and Human Services Chairwoman Michelle Benson talks about the Legislative response (thus far) to Covid-19, challenges with modeling data and transparency, and getting millions of dollars where they’re needed quickly (but with accountability and oversight). In the second half: Prisons across the country are overcrowded and unsanitary, furthering the spread of the pandemic, […]
The COVID-19 crisis has caused an unprecedented amount of economic hardship for workers, families, and businesses across the country. Some of this hardship is the result of necessary government policy needed to address the coronavirus pandemic. In response, Congress passed the CARES Act, which is intended to provide needed relief funding for those individuals and […]
