Recent News
Arlington, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new study profiling the harmful impact of overregulation on more than 30 stalled energy infrastructure projects across the country. These projects remain in limbo despite energy costs near all-time highs and projections that indicate demand will steadily increase over the next decade. The analysis, conducted with the […]
The figure of a tumbleweed blowing through a dusty ghost town is as much a part of Americana as apple pie on the Fourth of July. It is tempting to think this image is well within our past. But it isn’t. Top-down federal energy regulations have hallowed out dozens of American communities. Waynesburg, Penn. is […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – This week, President Biden’s Department of Interior announced it will cancel oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and choke off National Petroleum Reserve development. In his first two years in office, President Biden has waged war on the oil and gas industry. The country is deeper in debt, […]
Lansing, Michigan—Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave her “What’s Next” Address, which outlined her agenda for the rest of the year. Americans for Prosperity-Michigan State Director Annie Patnaude issued the following statement after the governor’s address: “Today, Michiganders got a preview of ‘What’s Next,’ and unfortunately, it’s more ‘Bidenomics’ and ‘Whitmer-nomics.’ With her narrow majority, Whitmer […]
SCRANTON, ND — Yesterday, Senator Kevin Cramer joined Americans for Prosperity to tour a boneyard of the canceled Keystone XL Pipeline in Scranton. America’s energy boom (much of it centered in this area) made our nation energy independent until the Biden administration’s overregulation slowed it to a crawl. Important projects like the Keystone XL Pipeline were […]
DENVER, CO — Upon the announcement that the Colorado Public Utilities Commission will again raise energy rates, marking the third increase in two years, Americans for Prosperity-Colorado State Director Jesse Mallory released the following statement: “Just when you think the Public Utilities Commission couldn’t get any more tone deaf, they pass yet another rate hike,” said […]
ALBQUERQUE, NM – Upon President Joe Biden’s visit to New Mexico to tout his disastrous Bidenomics record, Americans for Prosperity State Director Burly Cain released the following statement: “While Biden brags about his disastrous Bidenomics in Albuquerque, New Mexicans are facing record-breaking inflation that’s doubled since his time in office. “Joe Biden has gone on […]
Phoenix, Arizona—Today, President Biden visited Arizona to tout the purported benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act and to designate more land as a national monument—creating more barriers to carbon-free domestic energy production. Stephen Shadegg, state director for Americans for Prosperity-Arizona (AFP-AZ) issued the following statement during the President’s visit: “As the President is celebrating his […]
Arlington, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) launched a major new project focused on reforming government abuse of emergency powers. Too often, emergency powers provide a false justification for bypassing Congress to implement policies that would never otherwise pass into law. AFPF’s Emergency Powers Reform Project will leverage the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to bring much needed transparency to […]
