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Congressional Testimony – Fred Smith on the Private Role of “Public Goods”

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 04/06/2015

Read the full testimony here   Good afternoon Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on…

Capitalism

Comment

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Law of the Sea Treaty

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 10/04/2007

Thank you, Chairman Biden and members of this Committee for your invitation to testify on the Law of the Sea Treaty. I am Fred Smith,…

Comment

Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on U.S. Climate Action Partnership Report

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 02/13/2007

Energy and Environment

Comment

Coalition Letter to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox on Proposed Shareholder Access Rule

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 02/07/2007

Dear Chairman Cox, In American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Pension Plan v. AIG, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals asked the…

Comment

Letter to EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson

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

Stephen L. Johnson Administrator Environmental Protection Agency <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> …

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

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

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

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

The Politics of Global Warming

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 11/29/2003

THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WARMING[1]   Full Document Available…

Business and Government

Comment

Fred L. Smith, Jr. on the “Paperwork and Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003.”

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 08/27/2003

Full text available in pdf format   Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members…

Comment

Joint Letter to Chairman Henry Hyde on Climate Change Language in State Department Authorization Legislation

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 05/06/2003

Dear Chairman Hyde:   The undersigned non-profit organizations write to share our concerns with the sense of the Congress language on climate change…

Comment

Joint letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete Domenici

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 04/04/2003

Dear Chairman Domenici:   The undersigned organizations write to share our views on the climate title in the draft comprehensive energy legislation prepared…

Comment

An Open Letter To The Bush Administration On Its Plan To Unbundle Local Phone Networks

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 03/10/2003

Dear Ms. Victory:   The FCC has announced its plans for unbundling local phone networks, and as Chairman Powell pointed out to Congress…

Comment

CEI Letter To CPSC Requesting Extension On Arsenic-Treated Wood Comment Deadline

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 02/24/2003

Dear Chairman Stratton:   We respectfully request that you extend the comment periods (The February 28 deadline for presentation materials, the March 17…

Comment

CEI’s Fred Smith and Marlo Lewis Send Coalition Letter To President Bush On The Proposed Greenhouse Gas Registry

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 01/27/2003

Dear Mr. President: We are writing to reiterate our concerns about the Administration’s plan to award regulatory offsets (“transferable credits”) to companies that reduce…

Comment

An Open Letter To President Bush About His Plan To Award Regulatory Credits For “Voluntary” Greenhouse Gas Reductions

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 10/02/2002

Dear Mr. President:   Congratulations on your Administration’s tour de force performance at the Sustainable Development Summit in Johannesburg. We applaud your successful…

Comment

An Open Letter To President Bush About The World Summit On Sustainable Development

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 08/02/2002

Dear President Bush, We write to thank you and express our support for the positions you have taken on the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable…

Comment

Joint Letter To President Bush On The EPA’s Climate Action Report

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 06/07/2002

Dear President Bush, We write to share our concerns with Climate Action Report 2002, which your administration recently transmitted to the United Nations Framework…

Climate

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Open Letter To President Bush On The Climate Action Report 2002

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 06/03/2002

Dear President Bush,   We are deeply disappointed to read your Administration’s submission to the United Nations, the “Climate Action Report 2002” (“CAR”). …

Comment

Politics and Energy Go Together Like Love and Marriage

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 01/24/2001

POLITICS AND ENERGY Remarks by CEI President Fred L. Smith, Jr., to new members of Congress at a luncheon held by the National Association…

Comment

The Winds Of Global Change: Which Way Are They Blowing?

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 09/01/2000

We are living in the best of times, and the worst of times. On the one hand, innovative forces are transforming the world, creating massive…

Comment

Fred Smith Supplemental Remarks

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 06/21/2000

REMARKS TO THE HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE SUPPLEMENTAL REMARKS TO THE HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF…

Comment

CEI President Testifies on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 06/15/2000

Full Document Available in PDF Fred L. Smith, Jr. Testimony Before the House…

Comment

Remarks To The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 12/14/1999

  Full Document Available in PDF Video available here. To the Advisory Commission on Electronic…

Comment

Remarks by Fred Smith to the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce Panel on International Taxes, Tariffs & Duties Assoc

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 12/14/1999

San Francisco, California This Commission has heard repeatedly that the Internet is one of the most promising developments in the world economy…

Comment

The Case For Repealing Antitrust Law

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 09/01/1999

Full Document Available in PDF The life of a free marketeer is…

Comment

Compassionate Conservatism” — The Feminization Or The Liberalization Of Republican Policy?

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 08/01/1999

Compassionate conservatism, the first major slogan of the Y2K election, has proven a controversial theme for Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush. Proponents see…

Comment

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science, Hearings on the Fiscal Year 1999 Budget

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 03/25/1998

Good afternoon, my name is Fred Smith. As President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I welcome your invitation to discuss today federal science policy,…

Comment

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science, Hearings on the Fiscal Year 1999 Budget

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 03/25/1998

Good afternoon, my name is Fred Smith. As President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I welcome your invitation to discuss today federal science policy,…

Energy and Environment

Comment

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science, Hearings on the Status of the Global Cl

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 11/06/1997

Good morning, my name is Fred Smith. As President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I welcome your invitation to discuss climate change policy. CEI is…

Comment

Global Warming Conference: Welcoming Remarks

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 07/15/1997

MR. FRED SMITH: Let me welcome you all here this morning. I am Fred Smith and I direct the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Some of…

Comment

Survival Lessons: The Environmental Debate

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 06/15/1996

Full Document Available in PDF Executive Summary Your industry is in trouble…

Comment

Europe, Energy, and the Environment: The Case Against Carbon Taxes

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 01/27/1992

Full Document Available in PDF Introduction…

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