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Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips issued the following statement responding to news reports that President Trump intends to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25% this coming Friday. “Hiking tariffs to 25% would have a devastating impact on American consumers and businesses. We continue to urge the […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today commended the Trump administration and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for finalizing a rule Thursday prohibiting Medicaid payments from being diverted to government unions. Americans for Prosperity Director of Employment Initiatives Erica Jedynak issued the following statement: “Today’s rule change will restore hundreds of millions of dollars […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Today a coalition of groups led by Americans for Prosperity (AFP), including The Club for Growth and Heritage Action, issued a letter to Congress urging Members to vote against reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank. The bank is a symbol of the rigged system of corporate welfare and cronyism that undermines competition, stifles […]
President Trump and congressional Democrats this week agreed to a $2 trillion infrastructure spending deal – including a potential doubling of the federal gas tax. Americans for Prosperity quickly opposed the deal, with Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner saying: “If Congress wants to find money to modernize our roads and bridges, we encourage them to […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Following President Trump’s meeting with top congressional Democrats Tuesday on infrastructure, Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “If Congress wants to find money to modernize our roads and bridges, we encourage them to look to their own pockets – Americans have been filling them up for […]
ARLINGTON, Va. — Ahead of Tuesday’s White House meeting on infrastructure, Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement urging the administration not to undermine its historic tax reform success with a gas tax increase that will harm most those who can least afford it. “The best deal for the American people […]
The Jones Act harms American businesses and props-up cronies. Now is the time for full repeal. “It’s a fight between the petroleum industry and the shipping industry. It’s a fight between free enterprise and cronyist regulation. And it’s a fight between the U.S. economy and the self-dealing swamp. … The Jones Act is a century-old […]
A new analysis from the Mercatus Center examining the Export-Import Bank and the aftereffects of a years-long lending cap confirms what we’ve known all along: businesses do not need the Export-Import Bank to compete in the marketplace. Since 2015, when Ex-Im last had the required number of board members to approve deals larger than $10 million, the Bank’s lending portfolio (both at […]
