May 29, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to block a Chinese company from assuming control of the port of Long Beach, Calif.:

“Under no circumstances should CFIUS permit China to take over management or effective control over the port of Long Beach, a critical channel for foreign commerce, but one that must remain under U.S. control. Long Beach serves as the gateway to and from Asia. In order to ensure that our national and economic security needs are met, neither the Chinese government nor its state-run companies should be controlling such critical infrastructure. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is becoming one of the most important review boards in Congress, because there are increasing numbers of severely damaging attempts to purchase U.S. intellectual property and other national security assets by overseas actors.

“I was born in Long Beach, Calif. I still have relatives who live in Long Beach. And so this hits particularly close to home. But you need not have visited the port to appreciate the magnitude China taking over one of the busiest containers ports in the U.S., and CFIUS needs to just say no to the deal.”

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May 25, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to new European measures, the General Data Protection Regulation, that have resulted in the LA Times and other U.S. news outlets being banned from being viewed by Europeans:

“News that The LA Times and other U.S. news outlets have been blocked from Internet distribution in Europe is shocking and reminds us why Americans invested in Radio Free Europe and other outlets. Of course Radio Free Europe was designed to penetrate the Iron Curtain to give hope to those living under Soviet oppression. It is inconceivable that the European bureaucrats intended to create an information blackout for their citizens. However history proves that truth finds a way to seep into the culture whether government want it to or not.

“European diplomats should called to Foggy Bottom for an emergency meeting and the U.S. should stand firm in demanding respect for all peoples freedom to receive diverse non-government approved information.”

Attachments:

“Europe just took over the Internet with GDPR and the U.S. needs to take it back and review potential trade sanctions,” Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning, statement, May 25, 2018 at https://getliberty.org/2018/05/europe-just-took-over-the-internet-with-gdpr-and-the-u-s-needs-to-take-it-back-and-review-potential-trade-sanctions/

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May 24, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging House Republican leadership to stop the discharge petition to bring illegal immigration amnesty to the floor of the House:

“I had always hoped that the Ryan-McCarthy-Scalise House leadership team would do what was right when it came to the handling of the illegal alien issue that played a critical role in defining President Trump’s successful 2016 campaign.

“Unfortunately for the country, the current House leadership is refusing to do what is politically and legislatively necessary to defeat those who would bring amnesty to the floor of the House. By Ryan and McCarthy’s own admission, allowing this discharge petition is the death knell to the Republican majority in November. The fact that they refuse to stop it demonstrates either extraordinary weakness or willful deception about their opposition to the Democrats’ running the table on amnesty.

“I still hold out hope that Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise will take the necessary steps to kill the amnesty discharge petition and instead bring the Goodlatte immigration reform bill, and only the Goodlatte bill, to the floor with no amendments for an up or down vote. This is the final test for House leadership.”

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May 23, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao for starting the process of revising the Obama Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard (CAFE) standards for automobiles:

“The Obama administration attempted to utilize CAFE standards to transform America and to force us into tiny cars or expensive electric vehicles. Disturbingly, not even the tiny golf-cart-like cars meet the 2025 Obama fleet average mandates. While 2025 may seem a long way away, automobile makers have 3-to-7-year development timelines, and failure to act now could cripple this important industry as they sought to meet standards that are not technologically feasible. Secretary Chao through her efforts is recognizing consumer choice and revisiting the societal changes Obama was attempting to force. Her efforts are both courageous and wise.”

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May 23, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today urged passage of an amendment by U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) to the NDAA supporting rare earth minerals and metals:

“The development of rare earth metals is critical to the national security of the United States and being competitive in the 21st century economy. Rep. Amodei’s amendment is a great step forward in meeting our nation’s needs for rare earth metals, and we strongly urge passage.”

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May 21, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for rescinding the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing local zoning assessment tool:

“The HUD decision to rescind the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing local zoning assessment tool is the first necessary step in fully undoing this draconian federal government takeover of local zoning prerogatives. HUD Secretary Ben Carson deserves praise from every American who believes in the basic concept of federalism by enacting this initial step to unwind the Obama zoning regulation. Congress also deserves praise for their decision in the much-maligned omnibus spending bill to defund key components of the AFFH regulation to do with zoning, insulating the Department from nuisance lawsuits intent on continuing the Obama administration’s priorities regardless of the 2016 election results.”

Attachments:

“Lawsuit can’t compel HUD Secretary Ben Carson to implement the Obama HUD racial and income zoning reg because Congress prohibited it,” By Robert Romano, May 9, 2018 at http://dailytorch.com/2018/05/lawsuit-cant-compel-hud-secretary-ben-carson-to-implement-the-obama-hud-racial-and-income-zoning-reg-because-congress-prohibited-it/

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May 17, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump to withdraw the nomination of Gina Haspel to head the Central Intelligence Agency after questions emerged over her potential role in spying on the Trump campaign in 2016:

“The Senate should stop any and all action on the Gina Haspel CIA nomination given new information about her potential culpability in igniting a massive counterintelligence investigation during the presidential campaign. Senator Rand Paul is asking the right question, which is, what did Gina Haspel know about the anti-Trump spying scandal, and when did she know it? Given her position as CIA London Station Chief at the very time this London-based operation was underway, it is not credible that she was unaware of this major abuse of power. Given her sworn statement that she would disobey legally given orders that she thought were wrong, it is clear that if she knew about the investigation, she embraced it. Either she lied to Congress, or she is at the heart of the greatest abuse of power by the executive branch that our nation has ever seen. Neither is acceptable, and President Trump should withdraw Haspel’s nomination.”

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