June 27, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging Congress to act against foreign-funded lawsuits in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:

“President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill takes action to close a loophole that the U.S. Department of Justice has warned is a growing national security threat: foreign-backed third party litigation funding. Hostile foreign organizations, including those from China and Russia, are giving billions of dollars for lawsuits against American companies and get access to American trade secrets during the legal process. Worse still, they’re doing it with what amounts to a taxpayer-funded subsidy. If these foreign funders get a settlement, they don’t pay U.S. taxes. That’s not just outrageous, it’s dangerous.

“Thankfully, Congress is taking action on this important issue as conservatives have rallied behind this common-sense reform. It is disappointing that a handful of self-described conservatives are siding with trial lawyer funders and defending a tax giveaway for foreign interests. Senate Republicans are absolutely right to shut down this loophole and call out the grifters trying to keep it.”

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June 27, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. striking down universal injunctions:

“The Supreme Court has wisely determined in a 6-3 decision that lower courts lack authority to issue universal injunctions against executive orders or laws, and that injunctions can only apply to parties in a case. For too long, courts have used universal injunctions as speed bumps to slow down a President or Congress’ policies and laws, often merely delaying application of those policies and laws when they are later upheld. Universal injunctions were tipping the scales against the separation of powers and in favor of judicial supremacy, where all actions by the elected branches would first have to be submitted to unelected judges for ‘approval’ before implementation.

“Often in cases, the execution of laws must be considered by courts. But with universal injunctions, the policies or laws being challenged never are allowed to be implemented to better gauge their constitutionality or even become ripe for complaint, harming analysis into whether claims are justiciable. Universal injunctions were leaving higher courts with less evidence to analyze how a policy or law’s execution either ran afoul of the Constitution or law, or was in alignment with it. All that’s left after a universal injunction is for a higher court to issue a hypothetical opinion without the benefit of allowing execution to play out and for all sides of a case to be fully argued with the benefit of experience. Today, the Court has restored the limited judicial powers conferred under the Constitution and federal law.”

Attachments:

Trump v. CASA, Inc., June 27, 2025: “Universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has given to federal courts… Because the universal injunction lacks a historical pedigree, it falls outside the bounds of a federal court’s equitable authority under the Judiciary Act,” https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf

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June 26, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging Congress to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in time for President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline:

“Now is the time for Congress to act to get President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act across the finish line by July 4, making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, eliminating income taxes on tips and overtime, cutting taxes for seniors collecting Social Security, 100 percent factory expensing for factories to build products in America, finishing the border wall and boosting immigration enforcement. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act does all that and more, and the best is yet to come, but first Congress needs to get the reconciliation bill passed, overcoming whatever obstacles are still in the way and negotiating in good faith between both chambers. Nothing agreed upon will ever be perfect, but it will certainly be better than taxes increasing on 80 percent of Americans at the end of the year, the border remaining open when the next Democratic administration comes to town and U.S. businesses unable to compete long-term in the global economy. Most importantly, 77 million Americans elected President Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate to keep their promises, and that’s what the One Big Beautiful Bill Act does. Make a promise, keep a promise and the American people will reward you.”

Attachments:

“As Republican Tax And Border Bill Takes A Byrd Bath, The Only Numbers That Matter are 50 And 217,” By Robert Romano, June 26, 2025 at https://dailytorch.com/2025/06/as-republican-tax-and-border-bill-takes-a-byrd-bath-the-only-numbers-that-matter-are-50-and-217/

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June 13, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging the Senate to adopt the $9.4 billion rescissions package:

“The House-passed $9.4 billion rescissions package will cut $8.4 billion in foreign aid and another $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, canceling needless propaganda and aid operations that are harmful to U.S. interests at home and abroad. For too long, the U.S. has funded at taxpayer expense people who hate our guts, think America is evil and wish us harm. USAID in particular has been used to funnel money into censorship of American citizens and into supporting governments abroad that are adverse to U.S. interests and values. The time has come for Congress to put the American people first.

“The good news is that rescissions bills only require bare majorities to pass under the expedited procedure and so now there is no excuse for Senate Republicans, who for decades have promised to cut spending but never seem to find anything worth cutting. How about censorship on the American people, foreign aid that funds our enemies and anti-American propaganda? Can we cut that?”

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June 12, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement in response to the Secret Service briefly detaining Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after he disrupted a press conference by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles:

“In 2024, Congress enacted the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 that provides in Section 527 of Title V to permit members ‘for the purpose of conducting oversight [to enter] any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens…’ This provision was carried over for the remainder of the fiscal year when Congress adopted a continuing resolution.

“However, Congress’ oversight function, like the First Amendment, is not a blank check for protestors, even U.S. Senators, to disrupt government business under 18 U.S. Code 1752, which prohibits ‘imped[ing] or disrupt[ing] the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions’ in a restricted facility which includes ‘any building… [a] person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting.’ The Secret Service did its job. It would be no different than a member of Congress or anyone else for that matter bursting into the White House press briefing room, shouting and charging the stage while the President was addressing reporters. Nobody gets to do that. It’s not oversight, and the Secret Service is not going to let them get close to the protectee.

“This is the third time in as many weeks members of Congress have tried to break into federal facilities utilized by the Department of Homeland Security, first by New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver, then California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters and now by Senator Alex Padilla. If a protestor were interrupting Congressional hearings the way the Senator was today and shouting while members were conducting business, they would be removed from the hearing and they might even be arrested, and the members who are abusing their Section 527 ‘authority’ today know it.”

Attachments:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Facility Visit and Engagement Protocol for Members of Congress and Staff: “All visitors are expected to comply with facility rules, procedures, and instructions from ICE personnel on site. In the event of an emergency, facility personnel will provide further instructions. To ensure security, preserve privacy, and avoid any disruptions in daily operations, all individuals touring ICE facilities shall maintain appropriate decorum, adherence to applicable ICE facility standards, and abide by this Protocol.” June 2025, https://www.ice.gov/doclib/detention/iceFacilityVisitationCongressional.pdf

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June 11, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement on the latest consumer inflation numbers compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

“Consumer inflation continued its three-year trend for cooling in the month of May, only growing by 0.1 percent, down from a 0.2 percent increase in April, with more unsurprising drops gasoline and fuel oil considering boosted OPEC and U.S. production, but also a nice drop in piped gas service. New and used cars were also down along with transportation services. And apparel was down. All great news, and all of which belies doom-and-gloomer panicans who promised as early as February that President Trump’s tariff policies would lead to dramatic price increases. So much for that. Instead, inflation continues slowing down, consistent with other economic data indicating a slowdown, including GDP, a steady uptick in unemployment since January 2023 and also consumer credit in outright contraction, demonstrating that U.S. households maxed out their months and years ago, slowing purchases and cooling demand.

“The best news is personal incomes continue outpacing consumer inflation — the crucial ‘better off’ metric that tipped the 2024 election to the opposition party just like it did in 1976, 1980 and 1992. At the moment, personal incomes are growing 5.5 percent on an annualized basis while consumer inflation is at 2.4 percent.

“President Trump ran on a promise to boost production and to help get prices under control, and he’s keeping that promise. Besides reducing the money supply — overall flat since April 2022 — boosting food and energy production, along with domestic manufacturing, can do much to increase overall supplies, which will continue to put downward pressure on prices and create an even stronger case for lower interest rates. Still more to do, but so far, so good.”

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June 9, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging California and all other states and cities not to obstruct the enforcement of federal authority over immigration and other laws, and to instead assist federal efforts including the National Guard to restore order:

“The riots in and around Los Angeles and other cities by illegal immigrants and citizens opposing and obstructing the federal enforcement of immigration laws, threatening the lives, liberties and properties of American citizens pose a danger to the Constitution, our civil society and the American people. This is not the first time that states and individuals have attempted to block federal authority, in the Civil War, in the civil rights era and so forth. In many cases, a federal response was required to restore order and end the rebellion. In this case, the violent acts are being carried on by illegal aliens and citizens very visibly waving Mexican flags to celebrate what they perceive to be as the conquest of American territory. That’s an invasion and President Trump and the federal government not only have the power but the duty to put down the riots. States and cities must not obstruct federal authority and instead should assist National Guard units with restoring order.”

Attachments:

“Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions,” Proclamation, President Donald Trump, June 8, 2025 at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/

10 U.S. Code § 12406 – National Guard in Federal service: call: “Whenever—(1)the United States, or any of the Commonwealths or possessions, is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation; (2)there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States; or (3)the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States; the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws. Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.” https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406

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June 6, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement on the latest jobs numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

“Unemployment once again increased by another 71,000 in May, reaching 7.2 million, the highest since October 2021. This is what usually happens following peak inflation historically after the American people max out their credit accounts — consumer credit is now down 0.8 percent the past year — and slow down purchases, and is consistent with the slowdown seen in the first quarter. This has been going on for a couple of years now, with unemployment now up 1.49 million since January 2023, with most of the losses, 1.2 million, a relic from the Biden administration. In addition, the number of Americans saying they have jobs decreased by 696,000, worrisome in any month, although the labor market is still at peak employment at 163.2 million.

“While everyone is hoping for the best economy possible — who doesn’t want that? — the reality is that the inflation under the previous administration left the economy in a fairly weak state, as evidenced by the slow, steady rise of unemployment.

“That’s usually a great time for Congress to provide some needed stimulus, in this case, by extending and expanding the 2017 Trump tax cuts, including adding no taxes on tips and overtime, providing tax relief to seniors and including 100 percent expensing for domestic manufacturing and factories to bring jobs back to the U.S. These reforms will help blue collar Americans and put the economy in a position for a solid recovery — a boom not seen since the 1980s — but only if Congress keeps its heads. If Congress does not act, taxes will increase on 80 percent of Americans, and why would that help the economy? The American people voted against increasing taxes in the 2024, with 77 million voting for President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in Congress to get the job done and extend and expand the tax cuts. If the economy weakens, and Republicans fail to act, they will have lost their mandate to govern.

“It is true that more could be done to cut spending, even as the Congressional Budget Office notes about $1.4 trillion of offsets over the next decade in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The President tariff policies also appear poised to bring in an additional $2.8 trillion according to the Congressional Budget Office, including federal interest payments by $500 billion. That’s good news and fully offsets the tax legislation, and show the long-term wisdom of the President’s policies and why they need to be sustained and also the madness of the trade courts who are trying to sabotage the trade policies and kowtow to China.

“Still, some members also have highly legitimate concerns over voting to increase the debt ceiling. If that means there are not at least 51 votes in the Senate to provide tax relief and boost the economy, then maybe raise the debt ceiling separately, which might provide an opportunity to deal with the long-term fiscal challenges facing the nation, with more than 900,000 Americans retiring every year and not enough Americans being born to pick up the slack. How to shore up the trust funds with entitlements — how’s that sovereign wealth fund coming along? — but also declining fertility are undoubtedly bipartisan questions of where we go as a nation. It may be unreasonable to suggest all of these issues could somehow be addressed on what is expected to be the partisan budget reconciliation process. To do that, Republicans need larger majorities, not razor thin majorities.

“Sure, it would be nice if Democrats joined in extending tax relief and expensing factories in the U.S., and finishing the border wall, but until they do, Republicans have a simple math problem and a political problem: How to count to 51 and how to keep their promises to extend and expand the Trump tax cuts, including no taxes on tips, overtime and providing tax relief to senior, secure the border wall and incentivize U.S. production. If more spending cuts are needed, then put it in there. If more tax relief is needed, put that in there. Whatever it takes. If Republicans keep their promises, the economy will be in a solid growth position, and then Congress can get to work on better prioritizing U.S. tax dollars via the debt ceiling if necessary and of course appropriations. The American people do not want to raise taxes to pay for our unsustainable $36 trillion debt. The way not to become a debt slave is to lower taxes and urge government to do more with less.”

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May 22, 2025, Fairfax, Va.–Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement praising the House’s passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:

“It was a bumpy road as usual but at the end of the day the House of Representatives came together and unified under House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership in passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that will extend and expand the 2017 Trump tax cuts, including no income tax on tips and overtime, provide tax relief for seniors who collect Social Security, allocates almost $47 billion for the border wall and bars 1.4 million illegal aliens from collecting Medicaid and other public benefits. It even includes the President’s proposal for 100 percent expensing for new factories that will incentivize companies to rapidly manufacture goods in America again. The faith the 77 million Americans who voted for President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate has been affirmed. Elections have consequences and one of them is that the majority has to keep its promises. Now, it’s promises made, promises kept.”

Attachments:

H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act at https://rules.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/rules.house.gov/files/documents/rcp_119-3_final.pdf

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