Policy Corner

The existing tax code is rife with provisions that encourage people to alter their behavior in socially harmful ways. Tax reform efforts differ from simple tax cutting by attempting to streamline the code and make it less economically destructive.

The federal tax system’s complex and convoluted structure results in it costing far more than the $5 trillion it annually extracts from taxpayers’ pocketbooks. Each year it effectively imposes hundreds of billions in additional surtaxes on the American people in the form of excess burdens, compliance costs, and administrative expenses.

Americans for Prosperity submits these comments to the Department of Energy’s Notice of Proposed Withdrawal of its Determination that Miscellaneous Gas Products are Covered Products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, for which DOE is authorized to establish test procedures and energy conservation standards.

On April 8th, James Czerniawski testified in front of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance of the Committee on the Judiciary on a continued pattern of government surveillance of U.S. citizens

President Trump’s recent Executive Order rescinding the Biden Administration’s abuse of the Defense Production Act (DPA) is a welcome course correction—and a crucial reminder of why the DPA itself is in desperate need of reform.

A model bill to prevent the abuse of copyright claims by public records custodians and to ensure access to school learning materials.

James Czerniawski testified on Texas HB 149 – The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act.

Over the past two months alone, audits and investigations published by Inspectors General have uncovered wasteful spending practices that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with little to no benefit and sometimes in direct violation of federal law.

Americans for Prosperity applauds Administrator Zeldin for these bold actions that will have a significant impact on the energy sector and will help our nation unleash energy abundance.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Executive Roundtable, or Red Team report on the supposed “Urgent Need to Address Community Care Spending,” sold itself as an independent and authoritative report, but instead it was a conduit for the VA and the Biden Administration to publish its own views through third parties, wasting taxpayer dollars and government time in the process.