Comment
CEI comments advising DOT to rescind Biden administration SAFE 1 Repeal Rule
Dear Mr. Cohen, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), I respectfully submit these comments responsive to the Department of Transportation’s request…
Comment
CEI’s Comments to the Department of Transportation on Ensuring Lawful Regulation
Dear Mr. Cohen: The Department of Transportation’s above-captioned request for information seeks “public comment on how best to ensure lawful regulation and to…
Comment
Competitive Enterprise Institute Letter in Support of DOT Request to Reduce Regulatory Burden
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), I respectfully submit the following comments in response to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) request for…
Letters
CEI joins ATR in a Call for Repealing Green New Deal Subsidies in Reconciliation
We, the undersigned organizations, are writing in support of repealing the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) green new deal subsidies to pay for tax cuts…
Letters
CEI joins Institute for Energy Research to address EPA errors
Dear Administrator Zeldin: We applaud your efforts to reform the Environmental Protection Agency through the Powering the Great American Comeback initiative. In his…
Comment
CEI Comments on Waters of the United States (WOTUS)
Dear Ms. Jensen and Mr. Boyd: I appreciate this opportunity to provide comments on the notice “Implementation of the Definition of Waters of…
Letters
CEI joins ATR to Protect Taxpayers Wallets
Dear Members of Congress, Taxpayer dollars should benefit Americans, not subsidize organized labor. Under current law, federal employees can continue to earn their…
Letters
CEI joins Coalition for Innovative Laboratory Test, FDA’s laboratory developed tests rule
Re: Court vacating FDA’s final rule on LDT regulation, Executive Order 14219, Executive Order “Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers”, & FDA Regulation of Laboratory Developed…
Letters
CEI joins National Taxpayers Union coalition letter in support of H.R. 640 and S. 615, Chemical Tax Repeal Act of 2025
Dear Chairman Smith, Ranking Member , Chairman Guthrie, Ranking Member Pallone, Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of…
Testimony
Jessica Melugin Testimony before House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Chair Fitzgerald, ranking member Nadler, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for holding this hearing and inviting me to testify today.
Letters
CEI joins Market Institute on Nippon Steel investment.
Dear Secretary Yellen: We represent a broad coalition of free-market, conservative, and individual liberty organizations united in our support of a market free…
Letters
CEI joins Center of Freedom and Prosperity against trade tariffs
Dear President Donald J. Trump, On behalf of the undersigned conservative, free market, and taxpayer advocacy organizations, we write to commend you on…
Letters
CEI joins National Taxpayers Union on revised Senate Budget
Dear Leader Thune: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write in support of your decision to bring a revised budget to the…
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CEI joins State Policy Network in coalition letter on Executive Order Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
Comment
Comment on Interim Final Rule, Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations
Dear Council on Environmental Quality: I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) interim final rule removing its…
Comment
CEI’s comment on NEPA removal regulations
Re: Docket No. CEQ–2025–0002, RIN 0331-AA10 Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations, 90 Fed. Reg. 10,610 (Feb. 25, 2025).
Letters
CEI joins ATR Coalition Urging CRA on Medical Debt Rule
Dear Member of Congress, We are writing to express our concerns regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s finalized rule on eliminating medical debt…
Letters
CEI joins Advancing American Freedom asking that Thomas Sowell be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Letters
CEI joins ATR to address the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s last-minute efforts to expand its own regulatory authority to govern digital wallets and overdraft fees.
Dear Member of Congress: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, urge you to address the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) last-minute efforts to…
Letters
CEI joins Institute for the American Worker in coalition letter about Senator Josh Hawley’s proposal framework for the PRO Act.
Dear Members of the United States Senate, We write to express our deep concern about Senator Josh Hawley’s proposed labor framework. The framework…
Letters
CEI joins ATR coalition letter in opposition of Credit Card Competition Act
We, the undersigned organizations, oppose efforts to impose price controls on credit cards. Whether through the inaccurately named Credit Card Competition Act or…
Letters
CEI Joins ATR in opposition to the Internal Revenue Service’s midnight rulemaking on digital asset brokers.
Dear Member of Congress, We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our opposition to the Internal Revenue Service’s midnight rulemaking on digital…
Letters
CEI joins the Black Rock Group to support Make America Competitive Again.
Dear Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Thune, On behalf of the Competitiveness Coalition, we write today to urge you and your colleagues to…
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Congress on Tankless Water Heaters
Dear 119th Congress: The Biden administration gave us many bad appliance regulations, but worst of all may have been its last-minute crackdown on…
Letters
CEI joins coalition letter highlighting Congress’s historic opportunity to expand on the success of health savings accounts (HSAs)
Dear Members of Congress, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to highlight Congress’s historic opportunity to expand on the success of health savings…
Letters
CEI is in opposition to proposals that would raise taxes on carried interest investment income.
Dear Members of Congress, We the undersigned organizations write in opposition to proposals that would raise taxes on carried interest investment income.
Letters
Urge to Protect Americans’ Digital Speech, Secure Encryption, and Data
Dear Secretary Rubio, Attorney General Bondi, Acting Secretary Pelter, and Director Kratsios, We write to urge you to take immediate action to protect…
Letters
CEI is in support of CRA on Medical Debt Rule
Dear Member of Congress, We are writing to express our concerns regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s finalized rule on eliminating medical debt…
Legal Brief
CEI’s new brief to the U.S. Supreme Court: INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE
Letters
CEI leads coalition urging Congress to end the Inflation Reduction Act’s subsidies at the heart of the Green New Deal.
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Urging Reconsideration of Nippon Purchase of US Steel
Dear Mr. President: We respectfully ask you to reconsider the corrupt and flawed decision of your predecessor, President Joe Biden, to reject the…
Letters
CEI scholars join economist letter urging Congress, Trump to reject trade tariffs
Today, we write this letter in a similar spirit of unity. While the professional economists who have signed today’s letter differ on many issues,…
Letters
CEI opposes efforts concerning price controls on credit cards
Dear Member of Congress: We, the undersigned organizations, oppose efforts to impose price controls on credit cards. Whether through the inaccurately named…
Comment
Comment on notice of proposed rulemaking: Employment of Workers with Disabilities
RE: Comment on notice of proposed rulemaking: Employment of Workers with Disabilities under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, RIN 1235–AA14…
Legal Brief
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AMARILLO DIVISION
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO ALTER ORAMEND THE JUDGMENT UNDER F.R.C.P 59(E) Plaintiffs respectfully move under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) forthis Court…
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CERCUIT
Plaintiffs- APPELLEES’/CROSS-APPELLANTS’PRINCIPAL AND RESPONSE Brief Certificate of Interested Persons Counsel certifies that the following listed persons and entities as described…
Legal Brief
In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
MOTION OF COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTEFOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFIN Opposition to Defendants-Appellants’Emergency Motion For Stay Pending Appeal CERTIFICATE…
Comment
Improving Accreditation Process and Strengthening Legal Education
RE: Improving Accreditation Process and Strengthening Legal Education Requirements for Accredited Agents and Attorneys, 89 Fed. Reg. 82546 (Oct. 11, 2024), Docket VA-2024-OTHER-0022-0001 (to…
Letters
CEI Coalition Letter on Permitting Reform in the 119th Congress
Dear Members of Congress: The undersigned organizations strongly believe that our nation needs across-the-board federal permitting reform. This requires amending the National Environmental…
Letters
The U.S. International Trade Commission nominations
Dear Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Crapo: We the undersigned organizations write to urge you to expeditiously process the following bipartisan slate of…
Comment
Department of Energy, Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Dishwashers. Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute
Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute I. SUMMARY The Notification of Proposed Confirmation of Withdrawal and Request for Comment (proposal) seeks…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Against Court Packing
In recent years, the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as an impartial institution and non-political branch under our Constitution—exercising “neither force nor will but…
Letters
Post-Chevron Suggestions for Congress
Dear 118th & 119th Congress,On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, the United States Supreme Court overturned the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, which…
Comment
Student Debt Relief Comment
Re: Student Debt Relief Based on Hardship for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, the Federal Family Education Loan Program, the Federal…
Legal Brief
Brief of Amici Curiae in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado
Summary of the argument This case is not about what constitutes sound energy, infrastructure, environmental, or social policy. The question presented…
Letters
Opposing Broadband Taxes
Dear Member of Congress: At a time when everyday Americans continue to struggle with inflation, the last thing consumers need are higher monthly…
Testimony
A Menu of Options for Oklahoma Regulatory Reform
Testimony before the Oklahoma interim study committee on administrative rules reform Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. I apologize…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Response to the FDIC’s RFI on Deposits
Dear Mr. Sheesley: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Request for Information on Deposits. We are…
Legal Brief
CEI Issues Amicus Brief in American Clinical Laboratory Association v. Food and Drug Administration
INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE Competitive Enterprise Institute (“Amicus”) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., dedicated to promoting the principles of free…
Comment
CEI Comments on Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers
Department of Energy, Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers; Notification of Data Availability and Request for Comment…
Comment
CEI’s comment on Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets
Dear Mr. Offutt: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, we respectfully submit these comments to the Department of Agriculture (“the Department”) on…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Housing Price Controls
Dear Members of Congress and State Attorneys General, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are writing in opposition to all efforts to establish…
Testimony
Responses to Questions for the Record House Committee on Administration
The hearing topic and questions for the record raise foundational issues concerning the legitimacy of lawmaking and the entities responsible for crafting…
Letters
Inflation Reduction Act Two Year Anniversary Letter
Dear Members of Congress: Today marks the second anniversary of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), and the critics of its…
Comment
CEI Comments on CFTC Event Contracts Rule Banning Election Betting Markets
Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), I appreciate the opportunity to submit comments on RIN 3038-AF14, which concerns…
Testimony
Wayne Crews testimony before the Committee on House Administration: “Congress in a Post-Chevron World”
Introduction Chairman Steil, Ranking Member Morelle, and Members of the House Committee on Administration, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on issues…
Legal Brief
CEI Issues Amicus Brief: Humphrey’s Executor
Humphreys Executor Amicus FinalDownload…
Comment
Request for Comment on Proposed Modifications and Exclusion Process in Section 301 Investigation
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we respectfully submit the following comments in response to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Modifications…
Letters
CEI joins Advancing American Freedom- Coalition letter on Consolidated Audit Trail
Dear Member of Congress, The Biden Administration is on the verge of completing an almost decade-long project to create a massive government database…
Legal Brief
Amicus Curiæ Brief in Powell v. Securities and Exchange Commission
In Powell v. Securities and Exchange Commission, CEI attorneys urged the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the Securities and Exchange Commission’s refusal…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Rejecting Proposals to Manipulate Interchange Fees
Dear Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Americans for Tax Reform, and the undersigned organizations, write to you today to voice our opposition…
Comment
Request for Comment on Proposed Statement of Policy on Bank Merger
To Whom It May Concern: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), I respectfully submit the following comments in response to the…
Comment
CEI Comment on Department of Energy Proposed Stove Efficiency Regulation
Docket Number EERE-2014-ST-STD-000589 FR 11,548 and 89 FR 11,434 I. Summary The Department of Energy (DOE) is permitted to set energy efficiency standards…
Letters
CEI House PROVE IT Act Coalition Letter
Dear Representative: Since a House companion to the PROVE IT Act (S.1863) may be introduced soon, the undersigned organizations want to express…
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting CRA Resolution of Disapproval on EPA Power Plant Rule
Dear Members of Congress, The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recently finalized powerplant rule will kill America’s existing supply of…
Letters
CEI Signs Coalition Letter in Support of Opposing Freddie Mac’s Second Mortgage Product
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition Against Section 230 Repeal or Replace
Dear Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, We write to you in advance of the committee hearing on May 22, 2024…
Comment
CEI comments opposing the worsening of Durbin Amendment debit card price controls
Re: Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing (Docket No. R–1818, RIN 7100-AG67) Dear Ms. Misback: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Letters
Coalition Letter Re: Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing (Docket No. R–1818, RIN 7100-AG67)
Dear Ms. Misback, The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) notice of proposed rulemaking (the Proposal) to amend Regulation II (Reg. II), which sets…
Letters
Coalition Letter Opposition to the California Air Resources Board In-Use Locomotive Regulation
Re: Opposition to the California Air Resources Board In-Use Locomotive Regulation Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0574 We, the undersigned individuals and representatives of national organizations and think…
Legal Brief
CEI Issues Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners in Molak vs. FCC
In Molak v. Federal Communications Commission, CEI argued that neither of the provisions of the Telecommunications Act relied upon by the Federal Communications Commission…
Letters
CEI Coalition Letter in Support of the Renewing Efficiency in Government by Budgeting Act
Comment
Comment on notice of proposed rulemaking: National Apprenticeship System Enhancements
Brent PartonPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and TrainingU.S. Department of Labor200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room N-5641Washington, D.C. 20210 Docket No. ETA-2023-0004, RIN…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting H.R. 2799
Dear Representative: We, the undersigned organizations, write to you today to express our support for Representative Patrick McHenry’s H.R. 2799, the Expanding Access…
Comment
Regulatory Comment on 88 FR 89410
To the Honorable Rostin Behnam, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Honorable Commissioners Kristen N. Johnson, Cristy Goldsmith Romero, Summer K.
Comment
CEI Comments on California’s Advanced Clean Cars II Waiver Request
Thank you for the opportunity to comment[1] on the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) request for a waiver under Section 209(b) of…
Letters
CEI Leads Letter Rejecting Recoup Act
Dear Speaker Johnson, Minority Leader Jeffries, Majority Leader Schumer, and Minority Leader McConnell: As leaders of policy groups concerned with constitutional liberties, government…
Comment
Scientific Integrity Policy Draft for Public Comment
February 23, 2024 Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2023-0240; FRL-10973-01-ORD Submitted via Regulations.gov. Comments Submitted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Energy & Environment Legal…
Letters
Coalition Letter to Support the Stop Woke Investing Act (S. 3179)
We, the undersigned organizations, are writing in support of the Stop Woke Investing Act (S. 3179). The bill was introduced by Sens. Eric…
Letters
Coalition Letter on FCC Digital Discrimination rule
December 13, 2023 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is out of control. On November 15, the agency voted to adopt a Report…
Comment
CEI comments on ‘right to repair’ petition for rulemaking
Docket ID No.: FTC-2023-0077 Introduction On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we respectfully submit comments on the Petition for Rulemaking to…
Letters
Coalition Letter on DCA Perimeter Rule
Dear Chairwoman Cantwell and Ranking Member Cruz: We write to inform you that we support expanding the number of flights permitted in and…
Comment
Comment on FTC Unfair or Deceptive Fees
Dear Commissioners, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I respectfully submit the following comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed…
Comment
CEI comments on SEC’s proposed adoption of NYSE listing standards for “Natural Asset Companies”
TO: Securities and Exchange Commission FROM: Stone Allen Washington; Research Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute RE: No. SR-NYSE-2023-09…
Letters
Coalition Letter on American Consumer Institute – Risk Transfer
Chief Counsel’s Office Attention: Comment Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E–218 Washington,…
Comment
CEI Comments on SEC Proposed Rule Change to Amend the NYSE Listed Company Manual
January 17, 2024 Docket ID: Release Nos. 34-99225, File No. SR-NYSE-2023-09 Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Order Instituting…
Letters
Carbon Tariff Coalition Letter
Dear Members of Congress:As the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is reportedly going to mark-up the PROVE IT Act (S. 1863) this week,…
Letters
NTU Coalition Letter on Important Needed Tax Reforms
Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, Minority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Jeffries, On behalf of the undersigned organizations who represent the interests…
Comment
FCC: Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 88 Fed. Reg. 76048
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”) respectfully submits these comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) adopted on October 19, 2023, in…
Comment
Comments to EPA SNPR for Power Plant Rule
Dear Mr. Fellner: I appreciate this opportunity to provide comments on the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for the proposed rule “New Source…
Comment
CEI Comments on Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”) respectfully submits these comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) adopted on October 19, 2023, in…
Legal Brief
Reason Et Al. Netchoice Amicus Brief
INTRODUCTION AND INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Social media companies, large or small, offer privately owned and mediated spaces for people to associate and…
Comment
OMB Proposed Memorandum on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence.
December 5, 2023 Docket ID: OMB–2023–0020 Proposed Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies: Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management…
Comment
Comments on Proposed Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies: Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence
To Shalanda D. Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit public interest organization…
Comment
Comments RE: Docket No. FDA–2023–N–2177 for “Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests
I am an attorney with the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit research and advocacy organization that focuses on regulatory…
Comment
Comment to FAST-41 Steering Council on reducing scope of mining industry
John G. CossaGeneral CounselFederal Permitting Improvement Steering Council1800 M St. NW, Suite 6006Washington, DC 20036 Submitted via Regulations.gov November 22, 2023…
Letters
CEI Joins Letter on Joint Employer CRA
Dear Member of Congress, Small business needs protection. As you are aware, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued their final rule “Standard…
Testimony
Testimony before the Senate HELP Committee, November 14, 2023
Chairman Sanders, Dr. Cassidy, ladies and gentlemen of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Sean Higgins and…
Comment
Comment on notice of proposed rulemaking: Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees
Dear Ms. DeBisschop: I am an attorney with the Competitive Enterprise Institute. I was a senior policy advisor in Department of Labor’s Wage…
Testimony
Ben Lieberman Testimony: Hearing on “Burdensome Regulations: Examining the Effects ofDepartment of Energy Regulations on America’s Job Creators.”
Chair Williams, ranking member Velazquez, and members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Ben Lieberman and…