Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter to McMorris Rogers Supporting USA Act
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Defunding of Sunshot Solar Program
News Release
CEI Calls USA Act an “Important Step” to Restoring Separation of Powers
The Competitive Enterprise Institute supports the Unauthorized Spending Accountability (USA) Act of 2017, aimed at reducing and bringing transparency to executive branch spending. Ryan Young,…
News Release
CEI Commends FCC Plan to Roll Back Net Neutrality Regulations Threatening Internet Freedom
CEI commends Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's plans for rolling back harmful net neutrality regulations that hamper Internet freedom and consumer access to more…
News Release
CEI Applauds Trump Executive Order To Counter Massive Land Grabs
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands. The…
Blog
VIDEO: CEI Releases Second Digital Ad Urging Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement (April 26, 2017)
White House senior advisers continue to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made a campaign…
Bloomberg
State Department Memo Boosts Case to Stay in Paris Climate Pact
Bloomberg discusses the Paris Climate Treaty with Marlo Lewis and Chris Horner. Opponents of the agreement, including Marlo Lewis, a senior fellow at…
Fortune
How Trump’s FCC Head Plans To Attack Net Neutrality
Fortune discusses with Ryan Radia the Federal Communication Commision’s Chairman Ajit Pai’s expected announcement to eliminate net neutrality rules. Already, the various sides…
Wall Street Journal
Who Watches a Murder Streamed Live on Facebook?
The Wall Street Journal discusses regulating social media live streaming with Ryan Radia. With nearly two billion users, Facebook wants to be not…
CNBC
Banks and Trump: ‘The Rally Has Met Reality’
CNBC discusses President Trumps banking and finance policy agenda with John Berlau. Trump’s rhetoric has alternated between being tough on Wall Street risk-taking…
Politico Morning Money
So … No Shutdown: Financial Fixes Report
Politico’s Morning Money highlights John Berlau’s report on five key financial reforms. FINANCIAL FIXES REPORT — The Competitive Enterprise Institute on Tuesday is…
Blog
Left-wing Groups Attack Civil Rights Official for Enforcing Civil Rights Act
Civil rights laws do not contain exceptions for particular races, much less countenance segregation.
Citation
VIDEO: Myron Ebell Discusses Paris Climate Treaty on C-SPAN
Watch Myron Ebell discuss the Paris Climate Treaty on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. [VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_KD2ROJRc&feature=youtu.be::aVideoStyle]…
Blog
CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule
Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will delay its 1,700-page prepaid spending cards rule until April 1, 2018. This follows…
Blog
California’s Proposed Automated Vehicle Regulations under Fire
Unless they cease attempting to involve their state in matters of federal responsibility, California’s politicians and bureaucrats will have blood on their hands.
Comment
Comments of CEI, R Street, et al. on Proposed California DMV Driverless Car Regulations
News Release
To Boost Innovation, FCC Should Roll Back Net Neutrality Regulations
Over the past decade, the FCC has sought to transform itself into the Internet’s regulator in spite of a clear directive to the contrary from…
Blog
Energy Policy in Trump’s First 100 Days
President Trump’s energy and climate record is one of solid achievement so far. However, until Trump cancels America’s participation in it, the Paris Agreement will…
Blog
Senate Moves to Confirm Acosta as Labor Secretary
There is much work to do at the Department of Labor. The Obama administration’s DOL spent eight years imposing huge costs on the economy and…
Blog
Bipartisan Attorney General Letter Opposes Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy in EPA-VW Settlement
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has released of a letter opposing the electrical vehicle infrastructure plan that the EPA negotiated with Volkswagen over…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging FCC to Repeal Data Retention Rule
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Pai, Commissioner Clyburn, and Commissioner O’Rielly, More than a year and half ago, a coalition…
Citation
VIDEO: Chris Horner Discusses Paris Climate Treaty on Fox News
Watch Chris Horner discuss withdrawing U.S. commitment to the Paris Climate Treaty on Fox News Special Report. [VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdrbVdB8Yto&feature=youtu.be::aVideoStyle] …
News Release
Court Criticizes Schneiderman’s Evasion of Open Records Law
A new court ruling criticizes New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s illegal stonewalling of public records requests. At issue in the case is the key…
CapX
Only Economic Freedom Will Keep Africa Growing
Ever since African nations began to gain independence in the 1960s, Western countries have looked to assist their economic development. While the nature of this…
Bloomberg
Republican Cracks Emerge in Trump’s Coal-Heavy Energy Plan
Bloomberg reports on Myron Ebell’s speech on Trump’s climate policy at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference. That tug-of-war will play out in the…
Daily Caller
Judgeless Administrative Subpoenas Are An Enemy Of Free Speech
The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from the U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General. In the spring of 2016 after meeting…
Blog
Big Changes to Banking and Finance Regulation on the Horizon
Major reform of banking and finance regulation could be coming soon to Washington, D.C.
Newsmax
Climate Accord Withdrawal Divides White House
Newsmax discusses the Paris Climate Treaty’s impact with Richard Morrison. As Richard Morrison at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) warns, “The Paris Climate…
Bloomberg
China Doubts U.S. Climate Pledge as Trump Mulls Paris Withdrawal
Bloomberg discuss withdrawing U.S. comittment to the Paris Climate Treaty with Marlo Lewis. Conservatives arguing in favor of a U.S. pullout from Paris…
Bloomberg BNA
Objector: Flight Fare Conspiracy Settlement Unfair
Bloomberg BNA reports on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’ objection to the settlement in Transpacific Passenger Air Trans. Antitrust Litig. This is…
One News Now
The Truth About GMOs
One News Now discusses concerns about Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds and pesticides with Angela Logomasini. This month, a tribunal brought together by a…
Letters
CEI Joins Open Letter Congress Urging a Stop to the Obama Administration’s Fiduciary Rule
View Full Document as PDF Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned free market organizations representing millions of Americans, we urge…
News Release
Five Financial Reforms to Help Jumpstart U.S. Economic and Investment Opportunities
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report identifies five urgent financial reform priorities needed to free people from regulations that hurt small businesses and entrepreneurs…
Comment
CEI Comments to the California DMV on Autonomous Vehicle Regulations
View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. Soublet, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in…
PJ Media
The ‘March for Science’ Is Actually a Threat to Science Itself
PJ Media discusses the March for Science’s agenda to politicize science with Marlo Lewis. “When they behave like partisan hacks in the name…
Daily Caller
EXCLUSIVE: New Study Calls EPA’s Labeling Of CO2 A Pollutant ‘Totally False’
The Daily Caller reports on CEI’s petition with the Enivironmental Protection Agency to reconsider the endangerment finding. The libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…
Arizona Daily Sun
Big Crowds Expected for ‘March for Science’ Events in Flagstaff, Tucson, Phoenix
Arizona Daily Sun discusses the March for Science events in Arizona with Marlo Lewis. But opponents say that scientists engaging in activism is…
Study
Five Key Financial Regulation Reforms
View Full Document as PDF First there was “fintech,” now there is “regtech.” Fintech—short for “financial technology”—is the popular term to describe…
The Hill
Scientists Prepare to March on Trump
The Hill discusses the issues with the March for Science with Myron Ebell. “The problem we face now is that there are very…
Bloomberg BNA
Trump Successes May Limit Environmental Riders in Funding Bill
Bloomberg BNA discusses enviornmental riders in the government funding bill with William Yeatman. A Trump administration rolling back environmental actions and Congress quashing…
Blog
Labor and Employment in Trump’s First 100 Days
The White House should fill key personnel positions at labor agencies so that they can get to work on repealing numerous roadblocks erected by the…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The Federal Register continues its slow march to the 20,000-page mark, but is still on pace for lowest page total since 1993.
Blog
Class Action Lawyers in Target Case Hoard the Settlement Pie
It’s time to restore justice and fairness in our nation’s legal system, and the Target case would be a valuable step in the right direction.
Washington Post
Top Trump advisers at Odds over Paris climate deal
Washington Post discusses CEI’s digital ad urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. But Trump faces competing pressure to leave…
Blog
Justice Department Disability Demands Raise Serious Free Speech Issues
The Justice Department’s demands exceeded its authority under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Daily Caller
EPA May Rewrite Obama-Era Regulation That Shut Down Coal Plants
The Daily Caller discusses the Obama-era regulation limiting mercury and other pollutants from power plants with William Yeatman. “According to the EPA, the…
Daily Caller
Trump Meets With Italy’s Prime Minister After Refusing To Sign His Global Warming Pledge
The Daily Caller reports on CEI’s digital ad and petition urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. The Competitive Enterprise…
News Release
Ninth Circuit Hears Transpacific Antitrust Case that Costs Class Members $11 Million
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco heard argument in In Re: Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation.
Washington Examiner
Coalition Presses Trump to Endorse Coal-Based Climate Plan
Washington Examiner reports on CEI’s digital ad petitioning the President to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. “Remaining in the agreement endangers energy…
Daily Caller
Report: Taxpayers Subsidize Thousands Of Federal Workers Conducting Union Business
The Daily Caller highlights Trey Kovacs’ report on the practice of official time. Thousands of federal employees are likely spending 100 percent…