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CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Review of National Monuments Under the Antiquities Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. President, As leaders of grassroots, legal, and public policy organizations throughout the United States, we…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Repeal of Expanded Davis-Bacon Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Secretary Acosta: As the Department of Labor implements Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory…
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Comments to the EPA on Renewable Fuel and Diesel Standards for 2019
View Full Document as PDF Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments[1] on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…
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CEI Submits Letter to EPA on Burdensome Endangerment Finding
View full document as PDF Dear Administrator Pruitt: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Science and Environmental Policy…
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CEI Comments on EPA & NHTSA Reconsideration of Fuel Economy Standards
View Full Document as PDF The Obama EPA’s final Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion. Reconsideration is…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Repeal of Estate Tax
View Full Document as PDF Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Ryan, Chairman Hatch, and Chairman Brady, The undersigned organizations appreciate your work to…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Comprehensive, Pro-Growth Tax Reform
View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader McConnell, Secretary Mnuchin, Director Cohn, Chairman Hatch, and Chairman Brady: On behalf of…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting FAA Amendment on Supersonic Aircraft
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune and members of the Committee: Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO)…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Review of National Monuments
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CEI Joins Coalition Supporting No Regulation Without Representation Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Representatives: We, the undersigned organizations representing millions of Americans, write to express gratitude to Congressman Jim…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations
View Full Document as PDF Dear Senator Lankford and Representative Jenkins, We write in support of your bill, the Transparency and Honesty…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Cutting-Edge Technologies for Less Harmful Tobacco Products
View Full Document as PDF Dear Commissioner Gottlieb, We the undersigned organizations dedicated to improving public health, increasing consumer choice, and reducing…
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CEI Joins More than 50 Organizations Urging Congress to Support the Employee Rights Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of Americans we represent across…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441)
View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of Congress: The undersigned organizations write in strong support of legislation, the Save Local Business…
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CEI Letter of Support for AV START Act
View Full Document as PDF Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Nelson, and members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:…
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CEI Comments to the Department of Labor on Overtime Rule Regulations
View Full Document as PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is pleased to submit these comments in response to the Department of…
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CEI Comments to Office of the Comptroller on Volcker Rule
View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we are pleased to submit the following comments on…
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Brief of Amicus Curiae of CEI in Naruto v. Slater
View Full Document as PDF UPDATE: On April 23, 2018 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter on Reciprocal Switching
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune, Chair Fischer, and Ranking Members Nelson and Booker: As you return to work following…
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Brief of Amicus Curiae from States in Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
View Full Brief as PDF Our system of dual sovereignty limits the degree of control that Congress can exercise over state regulation.
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Support for Right to Try Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators: As advocates for individual rights, human dignity, and limited government representing…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Raising the National Debt Limit
View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader McCarthy, Whip Scalise, and Chairwoman McMorris Rodgers: We, the undersigned conservative organizations,…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Rohrabacher-Farr Medical Marijuana Amendment
View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of the House Rules Committee: On behalf of the thousands of Americans whose views and…
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CEI Submitted Comments to the FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom
View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we respectfully submit these reply comments regarding the FCC’s…
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Amicus Brief of Pacific Legal Foundation, CEI and the Cato Institute in Christopher Christie v. NCAA
View Full Document as PDF A federal statute compels New Jersey to continue prohibiting sports gambling, thus requiring the state to hold…
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Coalition of 83 Organizations, Elected Officials, and Individuals Submit Comments In the Matter of Restoring Internet Freedom
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Pai, Commissioner O’Rielly, and Commissioner Clyburn: These coalition comments are updated from the July 17,…
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Testimony of Marc Scribner Before the Utah Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force
View Full Document as PDF Chairs Harper and Schultz, and members of the task force, thank you giving me the opportunity to…
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Brief of Amici Curiae of CEI, Cato, and Reason Foundation in Carpenter v. U.S.
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Brief Of Amicus Curiae In Opposition IRS Summons in USA v. Coinbase
View full document as PDF The contract between Coinbase and its customers allocates property rights in personal information. That protects customers’ privacy…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Use of Congressional Review Act to Reverse CFPB Arbitration Rules
View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan and Majority Leader McConnell: We, the following free-market, limited-government, and liberty-oriented organizations, ask you…
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CEI’s John Berlau Testimony Before House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Investment
View full document as PDF Chairman Huizenga, Ranking Member Maloney, and honorable members of this subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to…
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CEI Comments to the FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom
View full document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we respectfully submit these comments regarding the FCC’s proposed…
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CEI Leads Coalition Urging Senate to Confirm Marvin Kaplan and William J. Emanuel to the National Labor Relations Board
View Full Document as PDF Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations urge the Senate to confirm Marvin Kaplan and William J. Emanuel to…
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CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Amendment #388 to the National Defense Authorization Act [H. R. 2810]
View full document as PDF Dear Representative: The undersigned organizations write in strong support of Representative Warren Davidson’s amendment #388 to H.
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CEI Joins Coalition Advocating for Removing Public Utility Regulation of Broadband
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CEI Amicus Brief in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
View full document as PDF The injury identified by the plaintiffs in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education was that “a substantial…
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An Open Letter to Congress: Taxpaying Travelers Deserve Better – Modernize Air Traffic Control!
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Letter for the Record to Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee (Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection)
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting Uncapped Passenger Facility Charge
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune and Ranking Member Nelson: We write today in strong support of including an uncapped…
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Letter for the Record to Members of the House Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection (Committee on Energy and Commerce)
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Brief of Amicus Curiae in Foster v. EOTech
View Full Document as PDF Like the target reticle superimposed in EOTech’s sights, the proposed settlement is a holographic illusion. Class counsel…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing E-Cigarette Rules
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Open Bidding in Infrastructure Projects
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of the Public Buildings Renewal Act
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Commitment to Trade Policy Liberalization
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting the Working Families Flexibility Act (S. 801)
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Petition for Rulemaking on TSA Laptop Ban
View Full Document as PDF Dear Counsel: This is a rulemaking petition requesting that Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter in Support of Rebuilding America’s Airports Infrastructure Act (H.R. 1265)
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairmen Shuster and LoBiondo and Ranking Members DeFazio and Larsen: We write today in strong support…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Responsibility in Upcoming Transportation and Infrastructure Spending
View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators and Representatives: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of Americans we represent, we…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Reform NFIP to Support Private Flood Insurance
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CEI Joins Taxpayer Advocate Coalition Supporting Private Flood Insurance
View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress, On behalf of the undersigned free-market organizations and taxpayer advocates, we write to…
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Forty Four Free-Market Groups Urge Trump To Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. President, We, the undersigned, write in enthusiastic support of your campaign commitments to withdraw fully…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Reject BLM Methane Rule (H.J. Res.36)
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Options for Addressing President Trump’s Paris Climate Pact Promise
View Full Document as PDF This memo analyzes two principal options for dealing with the Paris Climate Agreement, U.S. participation in which…
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting Working Families Flexibility Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write in support of the Working…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Financial CHOICE Act
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CEI Joins Coalition Urging Missouri Governor to Champion Public Sector Union Reform
View Full Document as PDF Dear Governor Greitens, In your first month in office, Missouri joined a growing majority of states to…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging for Modernization of Tobacco Control Act
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter to McMorris Rogers Supporting USA Act
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Defunding of Sunshot Solar Program
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Comments of CEI, R Street, et al. on Proposed California DMV Driverless Car Regulations
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging FCC to Repeal Data Retention Rule
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Pai, Commissioner Clyburn, and Commissioner O’Rielly, More than a year and half ago, a coalition…
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CEI Joins Open Letter Congress Urging a Stop to the Obama Administration’s Fiduciary Rule
View Full Document as PDF Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned free market organizations representing millions of Americans, we urge…
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CEI Comments to the California DMV on Autonomous Vehicle Regulations
View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. Soublet, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in…
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CEI Joins International Coalition Urging Australian Government To Scrap Proposed Internet Sales Tax
View Full Document as PDF To whom it may concern, We the undersigned, representing millions of taxpayers across the world, urge the…
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CEI Comments to NHTSA on Vehicle to Vehicle Communications
View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Urging Department of Transportation to Suspend Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Rulemaking
View Full Document as PDF Dear Secretary Chao: We write to you today to express our concern about a pending rulemaking before…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Georgia Senate to Reject H.B. 225
View Full Document as PDF Dear Georgia Senator, On behalf of the millions of members of the undersigned organizations, including thousands of…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging the Hawaii Legislature to Reject S.B. 620’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
View Full Document as PDF Dear Hawaii Legislator, On behalf of the undersigned organizations, including Hawaii residents and taxpayers, we write in…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Kansas Legislature to Reject H.B. 2400’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
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Letter to Speaker Ryan and Leader Pelosi on the Official Time Reform Act
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Letter to the Senate Urging Nomination of Acosta for Secretary of the Department of Labor
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging North Carolina Legislature to Reject S.B. 81’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Minnesota Legislature to Reject S.F. 1164’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Prescription Importation Scheme
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Testimony of John Berlau to House Oversight Committee
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CEI Comments to U.S. Department of Labor in Support of Proposed 60-Day Delay in Fiduciary Rule
View Full Document as PDF Dear Sir or Madam, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I am pleased to provide these…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Repeal Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
View Full Document as PDF As free-market and taxpayer protection organizations representing millions of Americans, we urge that repeal of the Foreign…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Crackdown on NGOs in Hungary
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging New Mexico Governor to Reject S.B. 96
View Full Document as PDF Dear Governor Martinez: On behalf of the millions of Americans represented by the undersigned organizations who value…
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CEI Comments to FCC on Broadband Privacy Order
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Brief of Amici Curiae in PHH Corporation v. CFPB
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CEI Joins Open Letter Urging Arkansas Legislature to Reject S.B. 140’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting H.J. Res. 73 to Overturn Restrictions on Prepaid Debit Cards
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CEI Joins Open Letter to the Maryland Legislature Urging Rejection of S.B. 855 and H.B. 1213
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Affidavit of Jim Harper in support of a lawsuit challenging the New York Department of Financial Services’ “BitLicense” regulations.
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Wayne Crews Letter of Record on Regulating Space: Innovation, Liberty, and International Obligations
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Asking Congress to Rescind FCC Privacy Rules
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting CRA to Disapprove Broadband Privacy Rule
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune and Ranking Member Nelson, We, the undersigned organizations and trade associations, thank the Senate…
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CEI Joins Open Letter Urging Utah Legislature to Reject S.B. 110’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
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CEI Joins Open Letter Urging North Dakota House to Reject S.B. 2298’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
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CEI Joins Open Letter Urging Georgia Senate to Reject H.B. 61’s Unconstitutional Tax Grab
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Testimony to Alaska Senate Committee on REAL ID Act (SB34)
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Comments of the Center for Class Action Fairness to the Civil Rules Advisory Committee on Federal Rule Civil Procedure 23
View Full Document as PDF It is important to understand that, in practice, rules relating to class-action settlements will most often be…
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CEI Joins Open Letter to the Indiana House of Representatives Urging Rejection of S.B. 545
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Testimony to Subcommittees on Use of Official time at the Department of Veterans Affairs
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Carbon Tax
View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. Cohn: We are reaching out to you following the widely publicized meeting you attended on…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Repeal of Durbin Amendment
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Testimony to Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee on REAL ID Act (SF166)
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