March 28, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the Department of Labor not to appeal the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling overturning the fiduciary rule:

“The Department of Labor need only do nothing, and after April 30 the fiduciary rule will be no more. All it has to do is take no for an answer by not appealing the Fifth Circuit’s ruling against the fiduciary regulation. The fiduciary rule threatened average Americans’ ability to employ commission-based brokers to manage their smaller portfolios, cutting off access to affordable investment advice. It favored larger firms over smaller ones, should have never been implemented, and now the Fifth Circuit is giving the financial sector a reprieve. The Department of Labor should accept it—and move on.”

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March 28, 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 to examine UAE-owned Gulftainer’s interest in the Port of Wilmington, Delaware:

“Over the past 15 years, there has been a concerted effort by companies in the United Arab Emirates to purchase and control U.S. ports. On April 6, the UAE’s Gulfcontainer will be taking over operations in the Port of Wilmington, Delaware. Given President Trump’s concern about border and port security, it is incumbent upon CFIUS to whether this sale is in the national security and economic interests of the United States.”

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March 27, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising Congress for defunding the use of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulation to make changes to local zoning in the omnibus spending bill:

“One positive result of the omnibus passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump is that the Department of Housing and Urban Development from spending money to implement the Obama racial and income zoning rule that subverted local zoning authority. The next step is for HUD Secretary Ben Carson to dismantle the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulation knowing that Congress has his back.

“This Congressional defund is largely due to the incredible efforts of U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar who has championed ending Obamazoning for more than three years. While most aspects of the omnibus were disappointing at best, it’s important that we claim victories when they happen.”

Attachments:

“Congress succeeds in gutting Obama HUD racial and income zoning rule in omnibus,” By Robert Romano, March 27, 2018 at http://dailytorch.com/2018/03/congress-succeeds-in-gutting-obama-hud-racial-and-income-zoning-rule-in-omnibus/

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March 27, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the Trump administration for already achieving major concessions from South Korea on the steel and aluminum tariffs:

“Professional naysayers and worry warts claimed doom was upon us when President Trump announced his steel and aluminum tariffs. They were wrong. South Korea’s announcement that they will end dumping steel into the U.S., and double U.S. automobile quotas into their country in exchange for an exemption from the increased steel tariffs is a clear-cut victory for the Trump trade agenda. Not surprising to anyone outside of academia, the obvious outcome of Trump’s steel tariff announcement was that countries would come to America wanting to make a deal, transforming the landscape towards more international trade on a reciprocal basis, evening out the playing field. Hopefully this will result in a reevaluation by those whose knee-jerk reactions always get it wrong.

“The Trump trade agenda is wildly popular across party lines, particularly with blue collar voters. That’s why Trump won in 2016. It is time for Republicans in Congress to catch up with the President on this important economic policy that puts America first.”

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March 23, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement expressing disappointment in President Donald Trump signing the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill:

“Disappointed. The President’s signature on the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill accepts Congress’ verdict that buying military material to be sent around the world is more important than defending our own border. It’s clear that the President understands the bad bargain he was given, and the staff responsible for negotiating it should be fired because they failed.

“Any reasonable observer of D.C. politics over the past decade can now predict that in September, Congress will present the President with a continuing resolution, which continues the exact funding priorities he is bemoaning in the current bill as not being fully met. If the President is to keep his promise never to sign a bill like this again, he must demand full funding of the government on his desk by September 15 to avoid government shutdown drama. Funding the government at levels that Obama would never have dreamed of is not an option and a continuing resolution in September will merely continue the astronomical funding levels. Therefore, the President must insist Congress put 13 individual appropriations bills on his desk with the military funding first so we no longer have the extortion axe of not funding the military over the nation’s head, or else veto it.”

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March 23, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement outlining the consequences of not vetoing the omnibus spending bill:

“The President’s decision of whether or not to veto the omnibus spending bill will set the tone for his administration for the remainder of his tenure in office. It is irrefutable that this Congress will not fund the wall that President Trump promised the American people unless he vetoes this bill. It is also clear that Democratic leaders have been busily taking victory laps over the corpses of their fallen, former rivals in the GOP Congress. A Trump veto will save the Republican Congress from themselves and reset the debate. If nothing else, expecting members of Congress to evaluate a 2000-plus page bill in 48 hours that covers every aspect of funding the government is a breach of faith with the American people.

“Now that the President has put the veto squarely in play, the consequences of backing away are enormous. The veto threat proves that the omnibus spending bill failed to meet the President’s key priorities, and now he must follow through or else he will have effectively surrendered the high ground he just staked out, ending any hope of getting a real wall built and any part of his immigration policy being enacted.”

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March 20, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in strong support of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao:

“I have great respect for the work of Peter Schweizer, but he misses the mark badly in his mischaracterization of family money then Labor Secretary Elaine Chao received in 2008.  Anyone who worked with her at that time was aware that her mother was gravely ill. Unfortunately, when she passed, her estate was dispersed and the Secretary received some portion of that money.

“Any attempt to characterize this as anything but a normal generational transfer of wealth is misguided. And as anyone who has lost a parent will attest, any inheritance is small compared to the hole in your heart left by the loss.

“Secretary Chao’s story encapsulates the American dream. Her father fled Communist China and as he gained the means brought his wife and children to America from Taiwan over time. The Secretary has spent her life in public service and has made a true difference for our nation. It was a great honor for me to serve under her leadership at the Department of Labor in the Bush administration, and Mr. Schweizer owes her an apology for miscasting the inheritance she received during this trying time in her life.”

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March 20, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising introduction of the STRONGER Patents Act by Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) and Bill Foster (D-Ill.):

“The protection of intellectual property has been central to America’s success as an economic and innovation leader in the world.  Our founders understood the importance of intellectual property and enshrined it in our Constitution.  Unfortunately changes in recent years have weakened those protections and the U.S. has begun to lose its place as the innovation capital of the world.  The STRONGER Patents Act introduced today by Reps. Stivers and Foster — along with the Senate version introduced by Sens. Coons and Cotton — begins to lay out the framework to restore America as the best place in the world to protect intellectual property.

“Through changes, such as reforming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process, which is stacked against patent owners, and ending the diversion of patent fees, this bill will boost U.S. competitiveness and strengthen property rights protections for innovators. These reforms are long overdue and deserve the support of those who want to advance economic growth and prosperity.”

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