Press Release

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—In case you missed it… Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota State Director Don Haggar authored a letter-to-the-editor in the Argus Leader calling for the state’s congressional delegation to do right by hard-working South Dakotans and hold Washington accountable for its irresponsible overspending. The piece ran Saturday in the Argus Leader and can be viewed […]

DES MOINES, Iowa. – Americans for Prosperity-Iowa (AFP-IA) launched a statewide campaign today backing Governor Kim Reynolds in her bid for re-election. The Hawkeye state’s largest free market grassroots group will be knocking on doors, running digital ads, sending mailers, and calling their neighbors highlighting how Governor Reynolds’ leadership on tax reform and regulatory reform […]

DURHAM, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation-New Hampshire (AFPF-NH), will host a free speech and toleration panel with Janisset Rivero, a leading Cuban human rights activist, Demetrius Minor, Director of Coalitions for Americans for Prosperity-Florida, and Zach Greenberg, a Justice Robert Jackson Legal Fellow for the Foundation for Individual Rights […]

Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity expressed frustration today after the Senate agreed to another massive, spending bill with an $854 billion price tag that continues government spending on its current, unsustainable trajectory. Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued this statement: ““Unfortunately, it seems like the only thing Washington can agree on […]

Arlington, VA – As the Trump administration continues to escalate an already-harmful trade war with the announcement of additional tariffs on Chinese imports, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said this morning on CNBC that they were going “item by item” to pick which products would be impacted by the new round of tariffs and which would […]

ARLINGTON, Va. – Following the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. will implement additional tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese products, AFP President Tim Phillips issued the following statement urging the elimination of tariffs and trade barriers: “The continued escalation of this trade war is wreaking havoc on the wellbeing of American businesses and workers. […]

Grassroots group applauds lawmakers for practicing fiscal responsibility, protecting taxpayers LINCOLN, Nebr. – Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska (AFP-NE), the state’s leading grassroots organization dedicated to economic freedom, is applauding Nebraska elected officials from the past several legislative sessions for pushing policies that have helped the Cornhusker State be recognized as the state with the third lowest […]

Trenton, NJ – Americans for Prosperity joined a diverse group of national and state groups in signing the Drug Policy Alliance’s amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court case Timbs v. Indiana. The amicus brief filed details the position of a broad base of groups’ opposition to the flawed process known as Civil Asset […]

BATON ROUGE, La. – In light of the state Treasurer’s announcement of a $300 million surplus, Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) released a statement Friday criticizing Gov. Edwards and the legislature for hastily raising the sales tax by an estimated $463 million this summer. “The Governor needs to explain how it is we have a surplus […]