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The Honorable Bill Frist Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 November 14, 2005 Dear Majority Leader Frist: Earlier this year, Sen. John Ensign…

Business and Government

Letters

Letter to Roger Ailes; President, Fox News Channel

By: CEI Staff
11/10/2005

Roger Ailes President Fox News Channel 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 VIA FACSIMILE …

Climate

Letters

An Open Letter to Congress: Franchise Reform

By: Braden Cox
11/09/2005

Dear Member of Congress: Much has changed in the decade since Congress passed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As Congress is considering changes and updates…

Antitrust

Letters

Letter to Congress Regarding Digital TV Transition and Cable Multicasting

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
10/13/2005

The undersigned organizations would like to express their strong opposition to proposals toextend “must carry” rules for cable operators to include the multiple streams of…

Business and Government

Letters

The President’s Tax Panel Should Dump “Static” Revenue-Estimating

By: CEI Staff
10/03/2005

A coalition of more than 40 free-market leaders, including The Competitive Enterprise Institute, has asked President Bush to direct the Advisory Panel on Federal…

Insurance

Comment

Letter to EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
08/31/2005

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Comment

Energy Recovery After Hurricane Katrina

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
08/31/2005

Dear Administrator Johnson: As the extent of the human tragedy on theGulf Coast becomes clear, it is imperative that the Americans who have been…

Comment

CEI Comments on,and Proposal for, the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Natural Resource Indicator

By: Isaac Post
08/08/2005

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Comment

Letter to House Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Chairwoman Candice Miller

By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
08/04/2005

Dear Chairwoman Miller: Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to present testimony on congressional regulatory reform initiatives. After further reflection, I…

Energy and Environment

Comment

Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to the Department of State Concerning its Proposed Rulemaking Amending Apartmen

By: Braden Cox
07/28/2005

COMMENTS OF THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE CONERNING ITS PROPOSED RULEMAKING AMENDING APARTMENT INFORMATION VENDOR RULES I.D. No. DOS-24-05-00003-P (June…

Comment

Written Statement of Marlo Lewis: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Regulatory Affair

By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
07/27/2005

Full…

Business and Government

Comment

CEI comments on the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s “Interim Environmental Guidelines”

By: Isaac Post
06/16/2005

Full Document Available in PDF CEI strongly urges…

Business and Government

Comment

CEI Comments on SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp. Applications for Approval of Transfer of Control

By: Braden Cox
05/10/2005

Full Document Available…

Comment

Orphan Works: A Public Problem Requiring Private Solutions

By: Braden Cox
05/10/2005

Full Document Available in PDF CEI filed comments with the…

Comment

CEI Comments on Verizon and MCI Merger

By: Braden Cox
05/10/2005

Full Document Available in PDF Technological “convergence” –…

Comment

Blocking VoIP Calls: Foreboding Harbinger or Benign Fluke-The Rights of Network Owners

By: Braden Cox
04/18/2005

There are many “freedoms” associated with communications. Often these freedoms are defined from the consumer perspective—for instance, the freedom to access content or to use…

Comment

Statement of Marlo Lewis Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
04/13/2005

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Comment

Remarks Before the Oregon Representatives Committee on the Environment

By: Christopher C. Horner
04/05/2005

Full Document Available in PDF The US signed Kyoto…

Comment

In the Matter of Level 3 Communications, Petition for Forbearance

By: Braden Cox
03/07/2005

Dear Chairman Powell: I write to offer my thoughts on the pending petition by Level 3 requesting that the FCC not apply access charges…

Comment

Ben Lieberman’s CBS MarketWatch interview on Internet wine sales

By: Ben Lieberman
12/08/2004

Ben Lieberman discusses the Supreme Court review of bans of direct interstate wine shipments to consumers. Under review are Michigan and…

Comment

The Antitrust Modernization Commission: Proposed Issues for Reform

By: Clyde Wayne Crews
09/30/2004

OVERVIEW<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Most observers believe that antitrust law protects consumers and has…

Comment

The Antitrust Modernization Commission: Proposed Issues for Reform

By: Clyde Wayne Crews
09/30/2004

Full Document Available in PDF Most observers believe that…

Comment

Written Submission of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Regarding Email Authentication

By: Braden Cox
09/30/2004

Full Document Available in PDF Dealing with spam involves more…

Comment

Written Submission of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Regarding Email Authentication

By: Braden Cox
09/30/2004

About the Competitive Enterprise Institute The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a nonpartisan policy analysis organization, dedicated to the principles of limited…

Comment

Precaution and Labeling: What Do They Mean for International Regulation

By: Gregory Conko
07/19/2004

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Comment

AB 1493 Draft Proposal Comments

By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
07/13/2004

Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Comment

Fred Smith’s Remarks at the 33rd Annual Fourth of July Conservative Family Soiree

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
07/08/2004

Remarks to the 33rd Annual Fourth of July Conservative Family Soiree Thanks Morton [Blackwell, president of the Leadership…

Comment

Statement of Ben Lieberman Before Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, House Committee on G

By: Ben Lieberman
07/06/2004

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Comment

Testimony of Robert J. Smith on On S. 2543, the National Heritage Partnership Act

06/24/2004

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Comment

Statement of Angela Logomasini: Before the House Committee on Government Reform

By: Angela Logomasini
05/21/2004

Full Document Available in PDF Good Morning,…

Comment

Request for Reconsideration of Response to Federal Data Quality Act Petition Against Further Dissemination of ‘Climate Action’

By: Christopher C. Horner
05/06/2004

Full Document Available in PDF To Whom…

Comment

Supplemental Information: Request for Reconsideration of Response to Federal Data Quality Act Petition

By: Christopher C. Horner
05/06/2004

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Comment

Freedom of Information or Right to Terrorize? Limiting the Risks of Government-Mandated Information

By: Angela Logomasini
04/21/2004

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Consumer Freedom

Letters

Stop FCC Unbundling Laws

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
04/01/2004

Full Letter Available in PDF Mr. President, in your recent speech in Albuquerque, you championed “the…

Regulatory Reform

Comment

EIN WG10 dinner Brussels March 04

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
03/31/2004

Mr Smith. We must take the climate change/global warming question seriously. But the global warming issue involves at least 3 separate sub-issues: Global warming…

Comment

VoIP–Why it’s not (and shouldn’t be regulated like) your parents’ Plain Old Telephone Service

By: Braden Cox
03/16/2004

Back in the olden days of data communications (1960s and 70s), data and voice were joined at the hip. Both lived…

Comment

Regulating Genetically Modified Foods: Is Mandatory Labeling the Right Answer?

By: Gregory Conko
02/12/2004

{1} Thank you. It’s a very common mistake to believe that consumers could only have a choice if the government requires mandatory labeling of genetically…

Comment

Science and Public Policy

By: Ronald Bailey
02/04/2004

Full testimony available in pdf format. On February 4th, 2004, CEI Adjunct Fellow…

Comment

Eco-Socialism: Threat to Liberty around the World

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
01/15/2004

Full Document Available in PDF Our economics fails to…

Comment

Letter to DOE on the Risks of Kyoto Risk Insurance

By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
01/15/2004

Full Document Available in PDF…