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Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Reject the Restoration of Earmarks

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/23/2021

Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our millions of members and supporters from across the country, we urge you to…

Monetary Policy

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging GSE Reform

  • 02/22/2021

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Brown, Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member Toomey and Ranking Member McHenry: On behalf of the undersigned organizations,…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Congress: Don’t Restrict Retail Investors

  • 02/17/2021

View Full Document as PDF The Honorable Sherrod BrownChairmanSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsWashington, D.C. 20510The Honorable Maxine WatersChairwomanHouse Committee on…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing $15 Minimum Wage

  • 02/02/2021

View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of millions of taxpayers across the country, we urge you to reject…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing H.R. 1 and S.R. 1

  • 02/01/2021

View Full Article as PDF Dear Speaker Pelosi, Republican Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader Schumer, and Republican Leader McConnell, On behalf of the millions…

Regulatory Reform

Letters

CEI Joins Philanthropy Roundtable Coalition Letter

  • 01/27/2021

View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: We write to you as organizations that care deeply about philanthropy to urge you…

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposed to Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Final Rule

  • 01/25/2021

View Full Document as PDF Introduction On behalf of the undersigned federal and state-based organizations, we write to express our opposition to the…

Health and Safety

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Pushing Back on Calls to Break Up U.S. Tech Companies

  • 01/21/2021

View Full Document as PDF Dear Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Republican Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing taxpayers, consumers,…

Antitrust

Letters

CEI Joins Committee for Justice Coalition Letter on Antitrust

  • 01/15/2021

View Full Document as PDF Dear Representatives Buck, Biggs, and Gaetz: We, the undersigned, write with sincere appreciation for your careful attention and…

Antitrust

Comment

CEI Comments on OCC Proposed Rule on “Fair Access to Financial Services”

  • By: John Berlau
  • 01/04/2021

View Full Document as PDF Dear Ms. Boyes: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), I submit this comment letter in opposition…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Opposing Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Mandate

  • 12/23/2020

View Full Document as PDF Dear President Trump, As leaders of conservative and free-market groups strongly concerned about the liberties, prosperity, and health…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins ATR Leads Coalition Opposing OECD’s Digital Taxation Proposal

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 12/16/2020

We, the undersigned 23 organizations, representing taxpayers and consumers across the globe, strongly urge you to oppose any and all attempts to curb international tax…

Trade and International

Letters

Coalition Opposing Changes to 47 U.S. Code § 230 (Section 230) as Part of the National Defense Authorization Act

  • 12/02/2020

Honorable Senators and Representatives: We the undersigned write today to express our grave concern regarding recent reports of changes to 47 U.S. Code § 230,…

Tech and Telecom

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting MORE Act Provision to De-Schedule Cannabis

  • 12/02/2020

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

Deregulation

Comment

CEI Comments on FERC Proposed Wholesale Carbon Pricing Policy

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/11/2020

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s proposed policy statement on carbon pricing in wholesale electricity markets organized by…

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Oil Tariffs

  • 10/22/2020

Dear Majority Leader McConnell: After a dozen extensions and nearly three decades on the books, it’s time to end the Production Tax Credit. The Production…

Trade and International

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae – Supreme Court of Oklahoma: District Court Case No. CJ-2017-816

  • By: Mario Loyola
  • 10/22/2020

INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE The Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government, free enterprise,…

Health and Safety

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Against Nationalizing 5G

  • 10/07/2020

Dear Senator Thune, We write to thank you for your recent letter supporting the American competitive approach to 5G deployment, which is private sector driven…

Antitrust

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Opposing Restriction of HFCs

  • 10/06/2020

Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations urge you to oppose amending the pending energy bill to restrict hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) on the grounds that they contribute to…

Energy and Environment

Comment

CEI Comments to DOE on Proposed Change to Shower Regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/30/2020

Introduction The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a policy and analysis organization committed to advancing the principles of free markets and limited government.   For over 20…

Comment

Comment on Employee Benefits Security Administration Proposed Rule “Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights”

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/30/2020

The Department of Labor’s present proceeding to safeguard the retirement future of beneficiaries of pension funds governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of…

Letters

Ozone NAAQS Summary and Coalition Letter

  • 09/30/2020

The Honorable Andrew WheelerAdministratorU. S. Environmental Protection Agency200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20460RE: Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0279 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone…

Energy and Environment

Letters

Coalition of 12 Urges Revisions to Bill Regulating Transportation Network Companies

  • 09/10/2020

Dear Leader McConnell: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers, we ask you to decline any requests to hotline H.R.

Transportation

Letters

CEI Joins Premarket Tobacco Authorization Coalition Letter

  • 09/01/2020

View Full Document as PDF Commissioner Hahn: On behalf of taxpayers and consumers across the country, the undersigned 15 organizations strongly urge you…

Health and Safety

Comment

CEI Comments on Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Proposed Regulatory Capital Framework

  • By: John Berlau
  • 08/31/2020

Dear Mr. Pollard: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I am pleased to submit the following comment letter on the Federal Housing Finance…

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposal

  • 08/11/2020

On behalf of the undersigned federal and state-based organizations, we write to express our grave concerns with the “most favored nation” (MFN) executive order to impose foreign…

Health and Safety

Comment

CEI Comments on BCA Rule

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/05/2020

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed benefit-cost analysis (BCA) rule.[1] Codifying best practices for BCA, as…

Energy and Environment

Comment

Comment on Employee Benefits Security Administration Proposed Rule “Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments”

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/29/2020

The Department of Labor’s move to safeguard the retirement future of beneficiaries of pension funds governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging House Republicans to Reject “Moving Forward Act” (H.R. 2)

  • 07/01/2020

On behalf of millions of taxpayers and consumers across the country, the undersigned groups urge Congress to oppose the “Moving Forward Act” (H.R. 2). The…

Energy and Environment

Comment

CEI Comments on EPA’s Proposed Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/30/2020

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on EPA’s review of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). EPA proposes to…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins ATR Letter In Opposition to Buy American Mandates in FY21

  • 06/25/2020

View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of the House Armed Services Committee: I urge you to reject any amendment to FY 2021…

Health and Safety

Comment

CEI Comments on NERA Petition Concerning Unlawful Wholesale Sales

  • By: Ben Lieberman, Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/16/2020

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a public policy and analysis organization committed to advancing the principles of free markets and limited government. We are…

Energy and Environment

Letters

Coalition Letter to the Senate Opposing the LWCF Title in S. 3422

  • 06/08/2020

Dear Senators: The undersigned organizations and individuals write to express and explain our opposition to legislation that would mandate massive increases in funding for federal…

Energy and Environment

Comment

CEI Comments on EPA Transparency Rule

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 05/19/2020

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) strongly supports EPA’s effort to increase transparency in scientific research underlying agency rules and research. CEI detailed in a 2018…

Consumer Well-Being

Comment

CEI Comments on EPA’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking : EPA Transparency Rule

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 05/19/2020

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR)[1] on its proposal…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins NTU Leads 29 Free Market Organizations in Opposing Merger Ban Proposals

  • 05/18/2020

Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing taxpayers and free market advocates across the nation,…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Opposition to Any Proposal to Impose “Buy American” Mandates on Medicines

  • 05/15/2020

Dear Secretary Mnuchin, Director Kudlow, Leader McConnell & Leader McCarthy: We write in opposition to any proposal to impose “Buy American” mandates on medicines.

Consumer Well-Being

Comment

CEI Comments on SEC Proposed Rules to Restrict Investor Access to Certain Funds

  • By: John Berlau, Ryan Radia
  • 04/30/2020

On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we respectfully submit these comments in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) notice of proposed…

Legal Brief

Petition for Rulemaking to End the Commission’s Backdoor Regulation of 12b-1 Fees

  • By: John Berlau, Sam Kazman
  • 04/30/2020

This petition is about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s thirty-year effort to effectively outlaw Rule 12b-1 fees, and the concerted campaign of subregulatory sabotage upon…

Legal Brief

CEI Petition for Review SAFE Rule

  • 04/29/2020

Pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 32909, the  Clean Air Act § 307(b)(1), 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), Section 702 of…

Energy and Environment

Letters

Coalition Letter Opposing Effort to Expand Durbin Amendment to Credit Cards

  • 04/27/2020

Dear President Trump, Majority Leader McConnell, and Speaker Pelosi  As leaders of groups representing millions of consumers, taxpayers, and entrepreneurs, we sympathize with businesses struggling…

Banking and Finance

Comment

CEI Comments to OST on ACPA NPRM

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 04/23/2020

On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation’s (“OST”) Notice…

Transportation

Letters

Open Letter to Blackrock CEO Larry Fink

  • 04/15/2020

Dear Mr. Fink, As the nation stands at the edge of an economic precipice and stares into it bleakly, you and your firm, the largest…

Banking and Finance

Legal Brief

Re: Request for Reconsideration: Appeal of NASA’s IQA Response of March 11, 2020

  • 04/14/2020

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) hereby requests reconsideration under the Information Quality Act (IQA) of the decision of Renee P. Wynn, Chief Information Officer on…

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter on Taiwan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Republic of China

  • 04/09/2020

Dear Mr. President: We are writing to encourage you to initiate negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Republic of China (Taiwan). Such…

Trade and International

Comment

Prepared Statement of Dr. Benjamin Zycher and Dr. Patrick J. Michaels on S. 2754, “American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019”

  • 04/07/2020

The Committee on Environment and Public Works of the U.S. Senate is considering the proposed bill S. 2754, the “American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of…

Comment

Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute on S. 2754, the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works April 6, 2020

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/06/2020

The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a public policy and analysis organization committing to advancing the principles of free markets and limited government. We have raised…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging House to Reject “Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act”

  • 03/25/2020

We, the undersigned 26 organizations, on behalf of more than 250 million taxpayers  and consumers across these United States, urge you in the strongest possible…

Business and Government

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellees/Cross-Appellants and Seeking Reversal in Part

  • 03/19/2020

Wielded against citizens and organizations—including public-interest advocacy organizations—strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) “masquerade as ordinary lawsuits.” Hilton v. Hallmark Cards, 599 F.3d 894, 902…

Law and Litigation

Comment

CEI Comments on Proposed Updated NEPA Procedural Regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman, Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 03/10/2020

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) proposed update of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedural regulations.

Energy and Environment

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