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Arlington, Va. – Today, House Democrats introduced H.R. 3. While the goal of the legislation – lowering prescription drug prices – is laudable, the plan is deeply flawed and would cause far more harm than good, leading to widespread drug shortages and stifling the development of new life-saving medicines. A smarter approach would be to […]
Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) endorsed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Ron Wyden, Rand Paul, Patrick Leahy and Mike Lee aimed at ending the legal loopholes that allow for warrantless surveillance on Americans. The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act closes major loopholes in federal privacy law and ensures the Electronic […]
The verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd, reinforces the importance of the work already underway to fully realize our country’s founding ideals of equal rights and the rule of law. Coming in the wake of the shooting death […]
Most full-time jobs come with employer-provided health insurance. If this benefit is on the table, why would an individual choose to operate as an independent contractor — especially a person who lives with a chronic condition? Althea Cole, an Uber driver who battles a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis, explains in this column in the […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a myriad of problems with our bloated and bureaucratic health care system. In a new op-ed in the Rochester Post Bulletin, Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota State Director Jason Flohrs asks, why double down on that failed approach? Minnesota lawmakers are attempting to radically upend our health system under the assumption that […]
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write urging you to vote “YES” on H.R. 1996, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act. This legislation ensures access to financial services for legitimate cannabis-related businesses and service providers. With multiple states legalizing cannabis use, American financial institutions face unnecessary barriers […]
The White House and leaders in Congress seem determined to pass a massive bill intended to boost “infrastructure,” at a spending level that’s unprecedented for such an effort. Unfortunately, it includes little spending actually related to infrastructure. This isn’t the first time in recent history that spending bills disguised as infrastructure bills have been criticized […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity today issued the following statement after government regulators recommended pausing usage of the coronavirus vaccine produced by Johnson and Johnson. In an announcement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the pause after six people who received the vaccine developed rare […]
Farahn Morgan has a way with words. Her talents took her from her rural hometown in southwestern Virginia to Washington, D.C., where the publicist quickly found success — and the sense of rootlessness that sometimes comes with a busy, full-time job. “I lived in a kind of abstract haze, removed from the daily challenges even […]
