Commentary
Arlington, Va. – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday announced that it is permanently removing a key bureaucratic hurdle to the rapid deployment of laboratory-developed diagnostic tests. HHS clarified that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was never required to have review-and-approval authority over that category of tests and, as the department […]
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) have partnered on a new white paper arguing telehealth reforms made amidst the COVID-19 pandemic have benefited patients and should be made permanent. Although the two organizations differ on many health policy issues, they are together calling state and federal policymakers to make the promise of […]
TOPEKA, Kan. – Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (AFP-KS) responded to a report released by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that ranks Kansas forty-first for economic outlook. The 13th Edition of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index ranks every states’ economic outlook based on fifteen policy variables like tax rates and labor policies. […]
The Wheeling Intelligencer published an op-ed by Jason Huffman. Jason Huffman is state director for Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia. Read the entire article here. Below are excerpts from the piece: The clock is ticking for Senate Republicans and Democrats to come to an agreement on the next COVID-19 assistance package before Congress adjourns for the […]
U.S. Senator Rick Scott and Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips | Tampa Bay Times The COVID-19 pandemic has presented Americans with a vivid lesson in the costs of regulation. As the crisis escalated in March and April, hand sanitizer disappeared from store shelves. Many distillers were eager to pitch in and shift their facilities […]
Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina State Director Andrew Yates | Greenville News The U.S. Senate recently had an opportunity to debate legislation to reform policing in America. Sadly, a minority of senators blocked consideration. But while partisan games in Washington might prevent the Senate from acting, there is much our own state can do — and lawmakers in […]
Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee State Director Tori Venable, State Rep. Michael G. Curcio | Tennessean We all agree that selling drugs to kids or near kids is a terrible act and should be punished harshly. However, Tennessee’s well-intentioned Drug-Free Zone law has ruined lives without doing a thing to keep drugs out of the hands of children. It […]
Should you be forced to join and contribute financially to an organization whose fundamental principles you don’t agree with? That’s what Mark Janus had to do as a condition of keeping his job. As an Illinois state employee, he was required to pay fees to a government union, even though he didn’t agree with many […]
Americans for Prosperity-Missouri State Director Jeremy Cady, American Conservative Union General Counsel David Safavian, American Conservative Union Policy Analyst, Alyse Ullery| The Missouri Times Missouri has the seventh-highest incarceration rate in the country – 56 percent higher than Kansas and 64 percent higher than Illinois. If incarceration rates were effective in lowering violent crime, Missouri would be […]
