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CEI Leads Coalition Letter in Support of H.R. 3791, “Rebuilding America’s Airports Infrastructure Act”

  • 07/29/2019

Dear Chairmen DeFazio and Larsen and Ranking Members Graves and Graves: We write today in strong support of H.R. 3791, Investing in America: Rebuilding America’s…

Aviation

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Opposing Raise the Wage Act

  • 07/17/2019

Dear Members of Congress: The undersigned organizations urge you to oppose the Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582), which would set a $15 federal minimum…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Urge President Trump to Halt Regulatory Assault on Innovative Electronic Cigarette Industry

  • 07/10/2019

We urge you to immediately halt the Food and Drug Administration’s aggressive regulatory assault on businesses who sell and consumers who rely on less harmful…

Health and Safety

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of Section 230

  • 07/10/2019

Dear House and Senate Leadership, The undersigned groups believe that government should not be setting speech codes online or undermining free speech.  The…

Free Speech

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CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Oppose Federal Reserve’s Real-Time Gross Settlement System

  • 07/03/2019

We write to express strong opposition to the Federal Reserve’s consideration to operate a Real-Time Gross Settlement system and urge the Federal Reserve to reevaluate…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter to California Assembly on Risk Reduction and Market Signals

  • 06/27/2019

The undersigned organizations comprise free-market and taxpayer watchdog groups who write you in support of SB 290, which passed the state Senate in a unanimous…

Energy and Environment

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CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Oppose a Federal Gas Tax

  • 06/19/2019

On behalf of our organizations and the millions of American individuals, families, and business owners they represent, we urge you to focus on comprehensive reforms…

Automobiles and Roads

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Oppose Reauthorization of Export-Import Bank

  • 06/19/2019

On behalf of our groups and organizations, which collectively represent millions of Americans across all 50 states, we urge you to oppose the reauthorization of…

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Blumenauer-McClintock Amendment on Legal Marijuana

  • 06/19/2019

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, Representative McCarthy, and Chairman Serrano: On behalf of the many of Americans whose views and values our organizations represent, we…

Consumer Freedom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting CAFE and Opposing Automakers’ Letter

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/18/2019

We write you today to thank you and your administration for your strong stance on reforming federal fuel mandates contained in the Corporate Average Fuel…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Carbon Tax

  • 06/10/2019

We oppose any carbon tax. A carbon tax raises the cost of heating your home in the winter and cooling your home in the summer. It…

Climate

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Foreign Reference Pricing Legislation

  • 06/04/2019

We write in opposition to proposals that import foreign price controls on medicines into the U.S. through international reference pricing.

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of Confirming Mark Calabria to be Head of FHFA

  • 05/30/2019

View Full Document as PDF Dear Majority Leader McConnell, We write to express support of Dr. Mark Calabria’s nomination to be Director…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Revival of Expired Tax Extenders

  • 05/15/2019

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Leader Schumer, Over 16 months ago, a package of temporary business tax breaks known as “tax extenders”…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition to Congress: No Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Expansion

  • 05/09/2019

We, the undersigned organizations, write to object to any effort to expand the current electric vehicle tax credit. While the tax credit is misguided, at…

Transportation

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Congress Dispelling PFC Myths

  • 05/07/2019

Dear Members of Congress, We write to you today to dispel myths surrounding the airport passenger facility charge (PFC).

Transportation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank

  • 05/02/2019

Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of our groups and organizations, which collectively represent millions of Americans across all 50 states, we urge you to…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Department of Labor on Intermediate Bodies Rule

  • 05/01/2019

Dear Secretary Acosta: As free-market and conservative organizations concerned with protecting worker free choice and ensuring labor union officials are accountable to members, we urge…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Urging Members of Congress to Oppose H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act

  • 04/29/2019

The undersigned organizations strongly urge you to oppose H. R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which if enacted would reverse President Trump’s wise decision…

Climate

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CEI Leads Coalition Letter to STB on Competitive Switching Rule

  • 04/29/2019

Dear Chairman Begeman, Vice Chairman Fuchs, and Member Oberman, We, the undersigned, wish to congratulate and welcome you to your appointments. The Surface Transportation Board…

Transportation

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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting DOT on California High-Speed Rail Funding

  • 04/18/2019

We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of taxpayers nationwide, appreciate your leadership and support your efforts to de-obligate $929 million in federal grants not yet…

Rail and Mass Transit

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Regarding EB-5 Visa Program

  • 04/16/2019

Dear Acting Director Vought: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to oppose promulgation of Obama-era regulations regarding the employment-based fifth preference (EB-5) visa…

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter on Commission on Climate Security

  • 03/18/2019

Dear President Trump, The undersigned organizations and individuals write to express our strong support for the proposed President’s Commission on Climate Security. It is our…

Energy and Environment

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CEI Leads Coalition Letter in Support of Volcker Rule Relief

  • 03/11/2019

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: As conservative and free-market organizations concerned with reducing red tape that is holding back American entrepreneurs, consumers, and investors, we urge…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Scientific Transparency

  • 02/19/2019

Dear Mr. President, The undersigned organizations urge you to consider an executive order requiring full transparency of all scientific data and studies used to justify…

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Support Congressional Approval for Trade Expansion Act of 1962 Section 232 Designations

  • 01/30/2019

Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of the millions of taxpayers, consumers, farmers, and businesses represented by our 38 organizations in all 50 states, we urge…

Trade and International

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Congress Regarding Highway Trust Fund: Users-Pay

  • 01/23/2019

As Congress begins considering the future of the Highway Trust Fund, its top priority should be restoring the longstanding users-pay/users-benefit principle. Further increasing the reliance…

Automobiles and Roads

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Extension of Electric Vehicle Tax Credits

  • 11/29/2018

We, the undersigned organizations, write to strongly object once again to any effort to expand the current electric vehicle tax credit in any way. The…

Automobiles and Roads

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Procedures Restricting Senior Social Security and Medicare Access

  • 11/26/2018

On behalf of the undersigned individuals and organizations representing American citizens nationwide, we write to you with a very specific request: to rescind, by executive…

Consumer Well-Being

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Section 202 of S.3278 of the Protecting Taxpayers Act

  • 11/01/2018

The 17 undersigned organizations together ask Congress to oppose Section 202 of S. 3278, the Protecting Taxpayers Act, and similar efforts to grant the IRS…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Senate Opposing Mark Pearce Nomination to the NLRB

  • 10/15/2018

The undersigned organizations strongly oppose the nomination of Mark Pearce to serve on the five-member National Labor Relations Board. Pearce’s legacy as Chairman of the…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Lifting the Cap on Electric Vehicle Subsidies

  • 09/28/2018

We the undersigned organizations write to strongly object to any effort to expand the current electric vehicle tax credit in any way.  The justification for…

Automobiles and Roads

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Science Based Solutions in WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

  • 09/27/2018

The undersigned groups, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers across the country, urge the U.S. delegation attending the taxpayer-funded meeting of the World Health Organization’s…

Consumer Freedom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Requesting Restraint on Social Media Bias Action

  • 09/24/2018

We write to express our concern over your plans to convene a meeting of state attorneys general later this month “to discuss a growing concern…

Antitrust

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Environmental Protection Agency Veto Power over Development Projects

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/07/2018

In 2013, organizations from coast-to-coast called on then-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to reject an unprecedented decision on Pebble Mine and warned…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of the Death Tax Repeal Act

  • 08/24/2018

The undersigned organizations support your bill, the Death Tax Repeal Act. We appreciate your work to lead the country towards a common sense tax code that…

Financial Regulation

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Opposing the Renomination of Mark Pearce to the National Labor Relations Board

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/22/2018

The undersigned organizations urge President Trump not to renominate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Mark Pearce. The NLRB is an independent agency made up…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter on SWANCC Rulemaking

  • 08/15/2018

The undersigned organizations support the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers’ (“Corps”) proposal to repeal the 2015 Rule Defining Waters of…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Opposition of Fair Fees Amendment in FAA

  • 08/06/2018

View Full Document as PDF The Honorable John Thune Chairman Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation   Dear Chairman Thune:…

Antitrust

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting the Inclusion of Language Requiring Congressional Approval of Tariffs

  • 07/24/2018

As conferees for the fiscal year 2019 Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act (H.R.5895), we encourage you…

Trade and International

Letters

CEI Joins NTU Coalition Letter in Support of House Judiciary Committee’s Wayfair Hearing

  • 07/24/2018

On behalf of the millions of citizens represented by the undersigned organizations, we commend you for holding a hearing to address the critical issue of…

Law and Litigation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of Rep. McHenry’s Amendment in FSGG Appropriations

  • 07/18/2018

On behalf of our organizations and the Americans we represent, we write to express support of your Amendment to Division B, within the Financial Services…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration CAFE Proposal

  • 07/18/2018

Our organizations endorse good governance through policies that promote free markets and enable consumer choice.  In that light, we write today in support of the…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting House Resolution Opposing a Carbon Tax

  • 07/18/2018

We write you today to respectfully request that you bring H.Con.Res. 119, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Urging President Trump to Reject Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol

  • 07/02/2018

The undersigned free market, conservative, consumer, and sound science organizations urge you to reject the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

Climate

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of T-Mobile Sprint Merger

  • 06/28/2018

We understand that the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on June 27…

Antitrust

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Opposing Obama Employment-Based Visa Program (EB-5)

  • 06/20/2018

View Full Document as PDF The Honorable Mick Mulvaney Director, Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street, NW Washington,…

Immigration

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Repeal Ban On Operating Civil Supersonic Aircraft

  • 06/18/2018

Fifty years after the Concorde’s maiden flight, the ingenuity of American innovators and entrepreneurs means the next generation of commercial supersonic transportation is right around…

Aviation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter To Prevent Further IRS Targeting of Non-Profit Organizations Based on Ideology

  • 06/18/2018

On behalf the undersigned individuals and organizations representing millions of concerned taxpayers across America, we write regarding an issue of utmost importance:  preventing further Internal…

Free Speech

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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging FDA to Approve MRTP Application

  • 06/15/2018

We the undersigned organizations dedicated to improving public health, increasing consumer choice, and reducing taxpayers’ burden through innovation, encourage you to bring less harmful tobacco…

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