Nov. 21, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to concerns by members of Congress that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not moving vigorously enough to pursue the Uranium One investigation:

“Attorney General Jeff Sessions is getting the Uranium One investigation right. As much as we like to know every detail of what is going on, the job of the Attorney General is not to publicly try cases in the media before charges are ready to be brought. Instead, the Attorney General needs to take the time to get to the truth to decide if a law has been broken, and then pursue justice through the courts.

“After the overt politicization of the Justice Department by President Obama, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reestablishing the rule of law. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a former federal prosecutor who understands the importance of doing the hard work of building a case that ensures the rights of those being investigated are protected until charges are brought, if any, and then they are proven guilty in a court of law. Unfortunately, the nature of the modern 24-7 media is to demand leaks and new information on an almost daily basis. However, no matter how juicy or big the potential target of an investigation might be, the rule of law demands a sober and thorough investigation.

“America is witnessing legal intimidation and prosecution through the media by the rogue Special Counsel Robert Mueller. And Congress is rightly angry about his unethical tactics. Rather than asking Attorney General Sessions to emulate Mueller’s perversion of the law, they should be applauding Sessions’ reestablishing the American way of justice that no one is guilty until proven in a court of law.”

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Nov. 20, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the Justice Department for suing to stop the AT&T-Time Warner merger:

“The Justice Department is right to move to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger. The mass media consolidation where major content providers and content deliverers band together risks the free flow of information that is the cornerstone of the marketplace of ideas. The Justice Department action marks an important new direction away from the rubber stamping of mega media mergers toward ensuring that a competitive environment remains. Unlike most mergers, the AT&T-Time Warner marriage has a significant potential influence on the already near-monolithic media impacting the essence of a democratic society. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is proving once again to be the exact right person to run the Department of Justice.”

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Nov. 17, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging expedited consideration of President Donald Trump’s nominees for the executive branch:

“It is inexcusable that 10 months after President Donald Trump’s inauguration that many departments and agencies do not have their highest level executive positions filled. The Senate needs to correct this by making it their top priority when they come back from Thanksgiving to at the very least confirm Russ Vought for Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director, Rep. Jim Bridenstine for NASA Administrator, former Rep. Scott Garrett for President of the Export-Import Bank, and Pat Pizzella for Deputy Secretary of Labor. There is simply no excuse to continue disabling President Trump’s ability to manage and reform the federal government by failing to confirm these four exemplary nominees. The Senate needs to get it done, and get it done.”

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Nov. 16, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising President Donald Trump’s call for reciprocal trade agreements overseas:

“President Trump is exactly right in calling for America’s trade deals to be reciprocal. The concept that America’s interests should be sidelined for the rest of the world is no longer viable or smart. To be clear, reciprocal arrangements are ones which meet the interests of both parties involved and no one should feel threatened by having honest trade deals, which benefits everyone. It is absurd for developed nations like China to still be treated as if they were a third world country. And it is equally absurd for nations across the world to be allowed to engage in currency manipulation which serves as an extra tariff on American goods. President Trump once again has shown that he understands the key economic elements that have led to our massive trade deficit and Americans should take heart that he will be fighting to correct them.”

Attachments:

“Reciprocity is the only sustainable path to free trade,” By Rick Manning, Nov. 15, 2017 at http://netrightdaily.com/2017/11/reciprocity-sustainable-path-free-trade/

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 Nov. 15, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today praising Senate lawmakers for including a provision in the tax bill to prevent tax avoidance through reinsurance by foreign insurers:

“The Senate’s inclusion of a provision preventing tax avoidance through reinsurance by foreign insurers is a positive step forward in creating tax equity between foreign and domestic insurers. Foreign insurance companies currently avoid paying taxes in the U.S. through a complex offshore scheme known as affiliate reinsurance whereby profits are transferred to a tax haven, and then reinsurance is purchased from the affiliate. We urge the Senate to maintain this provision in the tax bill and to close this loophole.”

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Nov. 14, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the House Rules Committee to adopt an amendment by U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) that would prevent tax avoidance through reinsurance by foreign insurers:

“One way foreign insurance companies have avoided paying taxes in the U.S. is through a legal tax dodge called affiliate reinsurance whereby profits are transferred to a tax haven, and then reinsurance is purchased from the affiliate. Fortunately, Congressman Ted Budd has submitted an amendment to the House Rules Committee that will restore tax equity between domestic and foreign insurers. We urge the committee to add this needed provision to the tax bill and close this loophole once and for all.”

Attachments:

Amendment to Rules Committee Print 115-39, Offered by Mr. Budd of North Carolina, Nov. 14, 2017 at https://getliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BUDD_035_xml.pdf

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Nov. 10, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging tax cuts for every American who pays taxes and significant budget reforms to rein in the $20 trillion debt:

“The U.S. is coming off the worst decade for economic growth since the GDP was invented as a measure, even worse than the Great Depression. To get out of this funk, one of the things Congress must be focused on is cutting taxes across the board, not robbing Peter to pay Paul, raising taxes on some Americans to give tax cuts to other Americans. Raising taxes in some of the most highly taxed areas in the country among wealthier Americans is not a recipe for growth. Individual tax cuts were the centerpiece of the 1981 Reagan tax cuts, and the major reason for the low-inflation growth explosion of the 1980s. That is the model we should be following, where everyone’s taxes, including business taxes, are cut.

“Secondly, the U.S. has surpassed $20 trillion debt and the current budget deficit is getting larger once again after a few years of falling. Given the massive emergency spending demands, Congress needs to recognize that the budget which they passed is a ceiling not a floor for spending. President Trump in his budget offered $4.5 trillion of real spending cuts over 10 years. Why aren’t those being implemented, if only to offset the emergency spending increases? Where are the Republican proposals in Congress to cut spending by trillions of dollars? During the primary, Trump was supposed to be the fiscal liberal and it’s turned out that he is a fiscal hawk compared to what we’re seeing out of Congress. Cut spending, or go home. We’re going broke with $20 trillion of debt and growing because a weak Republican majority is unwilling to do the only responsible thing they can do about it, and that’s cut spending.”

Attachments:

“Bigger tax cut needed for Trump to get the economy moving again,” By Robert Romano, Nov. 10, 2017 at http://netrightdaily.com/2017/11/bigger-tax-cut-needed-trump-get-economy-moving/

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