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White House Should Revisit Volkswagen Settlement with EPA
A coalition of free-market groups ask President Trump to investigate the VW emissions settlement with the EPA.
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Use Congressional Review Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators and Representatives: On behalf of the millions of Americans that our organizations represent, we are…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter to President Trump on Volkswagen Settlement
Forbes
Trump And The Federal Bureaucracy Just Collided — Here’s What Happens Next
Agencies’ rules and regulations surged during Barack Obama’s last year, helping create a Federal Register 20 percent larger than the prior record. Bureaus and…
Bloomberg BNA
Did Uber Break Taxi Strike Over Trump Immigration Order?
News Release
CEI Objects to Metropolitan Museum of Art Class Action Settlement
$350,000 attorneys’ fees provide no relief to class…
Politico Influence
More holes in the lobbying ban
InsideSources
Labor Secretary Nominee Faces Battle Between His Own Employees
InsideSources reports on a CEI led letter to the Senate in support of Andrew Puzder as the next labor secretary. Democratic lawmakers and…
News Release
CEI Files Reply Brief to Supreme Court in Challenge to Global Fitness Class Action Settlement
Today CEI submitted a reply brief to the Supreme Court in a case involving windfall fees for class action attorneys at the expense of the…
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Trump ‘2-for-1’ Executive Order Could Save Lives
Many federal regulations harm health and safety, so President Trump’s executive order requiring “agencies to revoke two regulations for every new rule they want to issue”…
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Senate Should Disregard Spurious Public Health Charges against EPA Nominee Pruitt
The Senate should disregard accusations that EPA Administrator-designate Scott Pruitt is somehow responsible for asthma rates in his home state of Oklahoma.
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‘One In, Two Out’: Trump’s Executive Order on New Regulations
President Trump's latest executive order on regulatory reform could be an important step in the right direction for reining in government red tape.
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Email Privacy Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers, We, the undersigned civil society organizations, companies and trade associations,…
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Free-Market Groups Urge Senate to Confirm Labor Nominee Puzder
A coalition of 17 free-market groups is urging the Senate to confirm Andrew Puzder as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
For the next few weeks, the Federal Register will likely have fewer pages and regulations than usual.
Washington Examiner
Conservative groups urge Puzder’s confirmation for Labor secretary
Washington Examiner reports on a letter CEI and other free market groups sent the Senate urging them to confirm labor nominee Andrew Puzder. …
News Release
Competitive Enterprise Institute Welcomes Jim Harper as Vice President
News Release
Wayne Crews of CEI Responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on Regulations
“Regulations have compounded for decades with very little rollback ever taking place, so President Trump’s executive order requiring agencies to identify two regulations for elimination,…
The Hill
Groups clash over GOP tool to roll back regulations
The Hill reports on a letter CEI signed, that urges Congress to bring regulatory reform by using the Congressional Review Act. Conservative groups…
Politico
Puzder’s mob-lawyer mentor: OK, Enough Immigration News
Politico’s Morning Shift reports on a CEI led letter to Congress supporting Andrew Puzder’s nomination for Labor secretary. A coalition of 17 pro-business…
Daily Caller
Former Trump Official Says White House Will Back Out Of Paris Agreement Very Soon
The Daily Caller discusses President Trump signing an executive order to leave the Paris climate change agreement with Myron Ebell. Trump could leave…
InsideSources
Free-Market Coalition Urges Senate to Approve Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick
InsideSources reports on a CEI led letter urging Senate to approve Andrew Puzder for labor secretary. A coalition of free-market groups sent a…
Reason.com
Trump’s Executive Order on Regulations Is Welcome, But More Is Needed
Reason.com discusses President Trump’s executive order on new regulations with Wayne Crews. Still, rolling back federal regulations in a meaningful way will require…
Foundation for Economic Education
The Epic Failure of the Government Gas Can
Part of living on Earth is mowing its grass and performing outdoor chores. Last International Earth Day, while the Globe held hands and celebrated Gaia…
Blog
Update on Pruitt Recusal Kerfuffle
During the January 18 Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing on Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be Environmental Protection Agency…
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition In Support of Trump Labor Secretary Andrew Puzder
View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators: On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our members, we write to express our strong…
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CEI Salt Study Leaves a Bad Taste in Anti-Salt Advocates’ Mouths
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Harry Potter and the City Council Chambers
The MacIver Institute documents the temptation of local governments to spend taxpayer money on “economic development” projects and tourist events.
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Blockchain Business Council to Help Secure Property Rights for World’s Poor
The launch of the Global Blockchain Business Council at the 2017 World Economic Forum is good news for the world’s venture capitalists and poor alike.
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Union Membership Hits Rock Bottom
Union membership is on the decline, in part, because many labor unions have become reliant on government to ease union organizing rather than providing value…
The National Law Review
Google Pays $5.5M To No One: Cy Pres Problems & Expert Cures
The National Law Review reports on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to a Google class action settlement. Class members claim Google…
Politico
FERC vacancy problem goes from bad to worse: Ebell Pushed ‘Aspirational’ EPA Cuts
Politico’s Morning Energy discusses staff cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency with Myron Ebell. A goal from a former Trump EPA transition team…
News Release
Prominent Climate Scientist Supports CEI Request for Full Court Rehearing of Michael Mann Case
This week, the D.C. Court of Appeals is receiving amicus briefs in support of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) and National Review’s petitions to rehear,…
News Release
CEI Praises Trump Pick for National Labor Relations Board
Competitive Enterprise Institute labor policy expert Trey Kovacs praised President Trump’s pick to head the National Labor Relations Board, which is an independent federal agency…
Politico
Trump eyes NAFTA talks to pay for Mexico border wall: Sodium Debate Rages On
Politico’s Morning Agriculture discusses the FDA’s voluntary sodium reduction plan with Michelle Minton. As the fate of the FDA’s voluntary sodium reduction strategy…
Bloomberg
Trump Adviser Calls for Downsizing EPA, Overhauling Its Science
Bloomberg discusses reforming regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency with Myron Ebell. “If the Trump administration is serious about keeping Trump’s promises, they…
Bloomberg BNA
Will Border Wall Bring Construction Jobs?
Bloomberg BNA discusses with Marc Scribner Trump’s executive order to construct a physical border. Trump signed an executive order indicating that it is…
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Climate Scientist Judith Curry Files Legal Brief Supporting CEI’s Free Speech Rights
Climate scientist Judith Curry today filed an amicus brief with the D.C. Court of Appeals supporting the petitions for full-court review of a three-judge panel’s…
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Senate Democrats Cite Bogus Jobs Figures on ‘Infrastructure’ Plan
Senate Democrats unveiled a $1 trillion infrastructure blueprint, claiming the eventual legislation would create 15 million jobs over 10 years. The plan stretches the meaning…
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Burns Night Cheers
Tonight, friends at home and abroad gather both for Burns Night and the International I, Whiskey Watch Party to salute the individuals— freedom fighters, innovators,…
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Minimum Prices Have Consumer Benefits: Contact Lens Case Study
Allowing competing manufacturers to decide for themselves how to influence how their products are sold at retail is the best way to promote innovation and,…
News Release
Finding Freedom for Contact Lens Retailers
Wall Street Journal
How the House Will Roll Back Washington’s Rule by Bureaucrat
The Wall Street Journal highlights Wayne Crews’s annual study on the costs of federal regulations. In President Obama’s final year the Federal Register…
CNN
Trump has EPA on notice
CNN discusses changes in the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration with Myron Ebell and Marlo Lewis. The EPA under a Donald…
One News Now
Trump’s pen erases trade agreement
One News Now discusses regulatory reform under the Trump administration with Ryan Young. President Trump also made headlines late Friday for a presidential…
News Release
CEI Statement on EPA Regulation Freeze
In response to news that the EPA is freezing over 30 regulations, CEI’s Myron Ebell said: “The EPA has been headed in the wrong direction…
American Legislative Exchange Council
Missouri May Become Model State for Government Union Labor Relations
A right-to-work bill making its way through Missouri’s legislature is generating most of the labor-related headlines in the Show-Me state. However, government union reform legislation…
Washington Post
Trump administration backs off plan to scrub climate pages from EPA website
Washington Post discusses with Myron Ebell the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to suspend 30 regulations issued under the Obama administration. In a separate move…
Learn Liberty
5 Weird Ways Prohibition Still Exists Today
You would think that more than 80 years after the 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition, policymakers would have eliminated senseless restrictions on the sale of wine,…
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Trump Reverses Obama Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline
President Trump today signed executive orders aimed at reviving the Keystone XL Pipeline and rescuing the Dakota Access Pipeline from death by regulatory delay.