The Hill
Automakers Fight Effort to Freeze Fuel Efficiency Standards
The Hill cites CEI on fuel economy standards: Some of the nation’s automakers are set to intervene in a lawsuit from a conservative…
The Washington Times
Trump Signs Broad Order to Speed Deregulation and Relax Red Tape for Economic Recovery
The Washington Times cites Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews on deregulation by President Trump: Wayne Crews, vice president for policy at the…
Fox Business
Trump signs E.O.: ‘Regulations will be cut’
Fox Business cites CEI’s 2019 publication of 10kc: As of April 28, the Trump administration had put 277 deregulation orders into place since…
Reason
Mission Creep and Wasteful Spending Left the CDC Unprepared for an Actual Public Health Crisis
Reason cites Senior Fellow Michelle Minton on the CDC and the nation’s response to COVID-19: “The CDC devolved into an agency incapable of…
Citation
Federal Regulations Cost an Estimated $1.9 Trillion per Year: Many Rules Hinder Virus Response, Economic Recovery
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today released the 2020 edition of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (10KC 2020), CEI’s annual survey of…
The Washington Times
Trump Behind on Promise to Cut Two Rules for Every New One, Study Shows
The Washington Times cites CEI’s 10kc report: The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual report on the cost of regulations found that Mr. Trump cut regulations…
The Federalist
New Report Exposes Onerous Overregulation From The Administrative State
The Federalist cites CEI’s 10kc report: A new report from the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) offers new insight into just how much unelected…
Citation
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Citation
#NeverNeeded Regulation Report: White House Can Speed Up COVID-19 Recovery by Cutting Regulations without Congress
In a new paper released today, CEI Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews outlines several deregulatory measures the White House could take without Congress that…
Youtube
VIDEO: Iain Murray Discusses #NeverNeeded Regulations and COVID-19
Vice President for Strategy and Senior Fellow Iain Murray joins Dana Loesch to discuss #neverneeded regulations and COVID-19…
The Epoch Times
Federal, State, and Local Governments Shed Over 170 Regulations to Fight Pandemic
The Epoch Times cites CEI on #neverneeded regulations: Even more regulations can be scrapped to empower American industry to help with the crisis,…
Bloomberg Law
Covid-19 Revives Debate over Economic Benefits of Deregulation
Bloomber Law cites Vice President for Strategy and Senior Fellow Iain Murray on #neverneeded regulations: Direct government aid won’t be enough to get…
CATO
Regulation after COVID-19
The CATO Institute cites CEI on #neverneeded regulations: Many of these regulations have no sound public justification whether in or outside of an…
The Federalist
South Africa’s Coronavirus Repression Signals Worse To Come
The Federalist cites CEI on #neverneeded regulations: Think tanks and researchers are working hard to shine a light on just how destructive artificial…
Reason
Federal Regulations Are Making the Grocery Store Supply Crunch Worse
Reason cites Senior Fellow Gregory Conko on FDA food regulations: “It’s not terribly unreasonable to have these sort of minimal safety rules remain…
Washington Examiner
COVID-19 is Changing Politics in Ways Good and Bad
The Washington Examiner cites CEI’s #NeverNeeded campaign: At the same time, a great many petty regulations are being scrapped. Rules on plastic bags,…
The Washington Examiner
List: 30 Regulations that Stymied Trump’s Virus Response
The Washington Examiner cites CEI’s latest report on #NeverNeeded regulations: “Many regulations have proven to hinder or delay appropriate policy responses. Other regulations…
PJ Media
After $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus, America Must Get Its Fiscal House Back in Order
PJ Media cites CEI on #neverneeded regulations: The federal bureaucracy also needs to be simplified. Businesses may be willing to pay more in…
The Heartland Institute
President Trump Proposes Reducing and Refocusing Environment And Energy Spending
The Heartland Institute cites Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on ARPA-E: ARPA-E is unnecessary because the private sector already has the incentives and resources…
MarketWatch
Trump’s Mileage-Standard Rollback Will Cost Consumers and the Climate, Say Analysts
MarketWatch cites Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on CAFE standards: Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Marlo Lewis has commented that when Congress created the CAFE program…
Politico
Infrastructure Response to Coronavirus Full Steam Ahead
Politico cites Senior Fellow Marc Scribner on the prospect of a transportation infrastructure stimulus package: But the concept is already facing opposition from the right. “This…
The Washington Times
Trump Administration Officially Rolls Back Obama’s Fuel Efficiency Rules
The Washington Times cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on CAFE standards: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank that has pushed for…
Inside Sources
Bogus Lawsuits Continue to Haunt American Businesses
Inside Sources cites CEI’s joint coalition letter on the midnight litigation campaign: As the Obama administration began its midnight litigation campaign, a coalition…
The Washington Examiner
AOC Spreads Disinformation to Push Socialism Amid Coronavirus Panic
The Washington Examiner cites Research Fellow Richard Morrison on AOC’s comparison of the Fed’s response to COVID-19 and student loan debt relief: The…
The Hill
This Is How Devastating the Green New Deal Would Be for Wisconsin
The Hill cites CEI’s joint study on the costs of the Green New Deal: The Green New Deal is not some far-left fantasy.
Fox News
AOC Criticized For ‘Inapt’ Comparison Between Fed’s Coronavirus Response And Student Loan Debt Relief
Fox News cites Senior Fellow Richard Morrison on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s comments on the coronavirus: But according to Competitive Enterprise Institute fellow Richard Morrison, Ocasio-Cortez was…
The Heartland Institute
Court Orders U.S. Energy Department to Set Efficiency Standards
The Heartland Institute cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on appliance efficieny standards: The government should stop dictating appliance standards and instead allow consumers…
The Daily Caller
Report: Green New Deal Will Impose a $75,000 Per Year Cost On Swing-State Households
The Daily Caller cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman: “Our analysis shows that, if implemented, the Green…
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin Conservatives Slam Green New Deal Supported by Democratic Front-Runner Bernie Sanders, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman. The study’s…
The Washington Times
AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $75K Per Household in First Year: Study
The Washington Times cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman: The study, conducted by…
Fox News
Green New Deal Would Cost Swing-State Households Around $75G in First Year: Study
Fox News cites CEI’s Green New Deal report, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman. The report, released by the Competitive…
Newstalk 1130
AUDIO: CEI President Kent Lassman Discusses the Green New Deal on Newstalk 1130
CEI President Kent Lassman joins Newstalk 1130 to discuss the real costs of the Green New Deal.
24/7 Customs Broker News
DHS Prohibits N.Y. Residents From Signing Up for Trusted Traveler Programs
24/7 Customs Broker News cites senior fellow Marc Scribner on the Department of Homeland Security’s recent decision: Marc Scribner, senior fellow at Washington think…
Washington Examiner
Trump: Slashing Regulations Boosted Economy More Than Tax Cuts
Washington Examiner cites senior fellow Clyde Wayne Crews on Trump-era regulations: What’s more, CEI’s Clyde Wayne Crews reported that the administration issued…
Multichannel News
T-Mobile-Sprint Decision Draws Crowd
Multichannel News cites associate director Jessica Melugin on the T-Mobile-Sprint Decision: “This is good news for U.S. consumers who benefit from economies of scale…
National Review
Them the People
National Review cites senior fellow Iain Murray on democratic socialism: Murray, talking about his forthcoming book The Socialist Temptation at a CEI event in New Orleans, describes the inherent tension…
Washington Examiner
Diminished Expectations: Democratic Labor Bill Waters Down ‘Card Check’
Washington Examiner cites senior fellow Ryan Young on the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act): That’s close enough to card check,…
The Heartland Institute
Climate Crackpots Lose in Court Again
The Heartland Institute cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana et al. v. The United States of America et al: In Juliana, the court…
The Washington Examiner
Trump Trade Wins Don’t Eliminate the Threat of More Tariffs
The Washington Examiner cites Senior Fellow Ryan Young on trade with China: Ryan Young, a trade policy expert with the libertarian Competitive Enterprise…
Forbes
Trump: Free The Dishwashers!
Forbes cites CEI on dishwasher inefficiencies: The Competitive Enterprise Institute calculated that dishwasher cycle time 40 years ago was…
The Heartland Institute
Understanding an Internet Sales Tax
The Heartland Institute cites Associate Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin on internet sales taxes: Jessica Melugin of the…
The Washington Times
Trump Signs Landmark Trade Deal With China to Fix ‘Wrongs of the Past’
The Washington Times cites Senior Fellow Ryan Young on trade with China: Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow Ryan Young said the deal “will…
Newsweek
Trump Says Water Efficiency Standards Mean Showers, Toilets and Dishwashers Don’t Work Properly
Newsweek cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on CEI’s dishwasher petition: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a free market group which lobbies for consumer…
DOI
What They Are Saying: CEQ Issues Proposed Rule to Modernize its NEPA Regulations
The U.S. Department of the Interior cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on NEPA reforms: Myron Ebell, Director,…
Vaping Post
E-Cigarettes and the Creation of Ignorance
Vaping Post cites CEI’s study by Senior Fellow Michelle Minton: Michelle Minton writing in, ‘fear Profiteers,’ [26] sums things up thus……
The Washington Free Beacon
National Park Replaces Signs Predicting Disappearance of Glaciers By 2020
The Washington Free Beacon cites CEI’s collection of ecopocolyptic predictions: This isn’t the first climate change prediction to not come to fruition. A…
The Daily Wire
‘We Can’t Afford Not to Pay’: Dem Lawmaker Introduces ‘California Green New Deal,’ Gets Slammed for Omitting Cost
The Daily Wire cites CEI’s study on the Green New Deal: Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was widely criticized last year for releasing…
Issues & Insights
Why Trump’s Dishwasher Diatribe Matters
Issues & Insights cites CEI’s dishwasher petition to the DOE: The Competitive Enterprise Institute compiled data on dishwasher cycle times since 1983, using numbers…
Reason
House-Passed Budget Deal Raises Age to Buy Cigarettes to 21
Reason cites Senior Fellow Michelle Minton on e-cigarettes. As Michelle Minton, a policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, pointed out in a…
The Daily Caller
BARR: The Fed Overreaches With Real-Time Payment Systems
The Daily Caller cites CEI on the 1980 Monetary Control Act. As the Competitive Enterprise Institute has pointed out, the 1980 Monetary Control…
