Press Release

Lansing, Mich. – Americans for Prosperity-Michigan today issued the following statement in response to Governor Whitmer’s line-item veto of some COVID relief funding: “Governor Whitmer has prioritized her one-size-fits-all unilateral approach over struggling Michigan families, students, and small businesses. We urge her to come together and negotiate in good faith with the people’s elected leaders […]

Several state legislatures are considering so-called anti-riot measures, pitched as protecting public safety by addressing violence. Sounds OK, right? Who could be against stopping riots? But writing in Newsweek, David Voorman, Americans for Prosperity’s senior policy analyst for free speech and peace, calls out the threat to free expression and peaceful assembly posed by these […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Americans for Prosperity-Indiana (AFP-IN) today urged lawmakers to support HB 1006, a bill that would institute de-escalation training for law enforcement and other policing reforms. AFP-IN State Director Michael Chartier testified before the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee today. Below are excerpts from Chartier’s testimony: “We believe that an effective criminal […]

Before Beth Anne Mumford became a regional director at Americans for Prosperity, she was an independent contractor for several years, working on strategic communications with clients in the U.S. and Canada. So she has a personal stake in defeating the PRO Act. “As a working mother, I have personally benefited from independent work, which allowed me […]

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the “Protecting the Right to Organize” (PRO) Act. It isn’t the first time. Each year since 2018, some member of Congress has introduced the PRO Act, and the House passed it along partisan lines in 2019. Americans for Prosperity full supports the ability […]

AFP-SC praises bill that would help increase transparency, root out waste and corruption COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today thanked state Representative Jason Elliott for introducing H 4033, a bill that would implement a South Carolina checkbook, a website and tool that would bolster transparency into the state’s finances and use of […]

ARLINGTON, Va.—Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today issued the following statement from Dan Pearson, AFP Trade Policy Fellow, on the Biden administration’s decision to suspend tariffs previously imposed on billions of dollars of EU goods stemming from the Boeing-Airbus dispute. The move has prompted the EU to follow suit, setting the stage for settlement of the […]

Arlington, VA –  Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued the following statement from Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner on the passage of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID package through the Senate. The so-called American Rescue Plan Act fails to address the key challenges of defeating the virus, accelerating economic recovery, or providing timely, targeted, and […]

Skylar Zander, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Florida, joined with U.S. Representative Greg Steube for an opinion piece in the Orlando Sentinel calling on Congress to reject the PRO Act, “a partisan grab bag designed to benefit politically connected groups at the expense of many Americans simply trying to provide for themselves and their families.” […]