Jan. 19, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the House of Representatives to release the House Intelligence Committee memo proving the Obama administration weaponized the nation’s intelligence services and Justice Department against political opponents:

“The House Intelligence Committee memo outlining Obama era abuses within the Justice Department and intelligence services, which were weaponized against political opponents, needs to be released. Based upon multiple statements by Congressmen familiar with the memo, our worst fears appear to have been realized. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes’ unflinching pursuit of the truth is a singular act of political heroism and patriotism. There is a reason the Framers created three branches of government, and Devin Nunes has proven that Article I oversight and investigation is integral to preserving to our freedoms from attempted tyranny.”

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Jan. 18, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump and Republican Congressional leaders to issue a warning that there will be no back-pay for non-essential federal employees should there be a partial government shutdown:

“As a potential government shutdown looms because of Democrats’ insistence on providing amnesty for illegal aliens, President Trump should make it clear that non-essential employees who are laid off based on the shutdown will not receive payment for days not worked. It is unfair to those employees deemed essential who are required to come to work with a promise of back-pay to then give that same back-pay promise to those who are vacationing. It is unfortunate that the Democrats are putting their illegal alien constituencies ahead of the public employees who would be laid off without pay, but if you don’t work, you shouldn’t get paid.”

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Jan. 17, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the House to add the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-Va.) immigration legislation to the 2018 omnibus spending bill and send it to the Senate:

“Speaker Paul Ryan is fortunate that his House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte has crafted a strong answer to the illegal immigration question. While few thinking people want wholesale amnesty as presented in the Graham-Durbin Senate alternative, Goodlatte’s legislation ends chain migration, eliminates the visa lottery, builds the wall and institutes E-Verify. While it seems clear that the Democrats who used their minority in the Senate to threaten military pay and veterans’ benefits on behalf of illegal aliens, the immigration debate provides Speaker Ryan the opportunity to impose real substantive reforms through the government funding process. Stick the Goodlatte bill on the spending bill, send it to the Senate, and force Democrats to close the DACA door out of their desire to continue the current overrunning of America.

“Most of the increase of the U.S. population in 2016, 2.3 million, according to U.S. Census and DHS data was immigration at 1.18 million, 68 percent of which was chain migration, versus a 1.14 million natural increase, that is, births minus deaths. That almost never happens. The last time was 1991, when amnesty was implemented and chain migration was peaking. Before that, you have to go back to the early 1900s to find immigration outpacing natural population increases. Now is the time for real reform and the House needs to lead the way.”

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Jan. 16, 2018, Fairfax, Va.–Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today in the following statement urged President Donald Trump to accept the International Trade Commission’s recommendation to punish Samsung and LG for trade violations:

“This week, President Trump will decide if South Korean companies Samsung and LG will be punished for being caught dumping washing machines into the United States not one, not two, but three times.  For the two companies, who are now promising to build washers in the U.S., cheating on the U.S.-South Korea trade deal has allowed them to build U.S. market share to the point where between the two of them they now have over a third of the entire market.  This was not a mistake, but a determined business plan, and if the KORUS agreement is going to mean anything, President Trump must affirm the penalties recommended by the International Trade Court.  If free trade agreements are going to have any meaning, then when companies are caught and convicted on multiple occasions of gross violations of the rules, they must be held accountable, rather than simply being allowed to profit for a generation due to their lawlessness.”

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Jan. 10, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump to remove India from the General System of Preferences and to pursue a bilateral trade agreement instead:

“India has the sixth largest economy in the world at $2.45 trillion and is promoting further trade through its Make in India campaign. It is great that the government of India is rhetorically embracing free trade. However, reports of continued intellectual property, labor and tariff abuses by India remain rampant, threatening the sub-continent nation’s trade promises. Given India’s stated desire to enter the world’s economic system as a major player, it is time for President Trump to remove the $4.7 billion a year General System of Preferences treatment and negotiate a strong, enforceable, bilateral agreement. Everyone should welcome India onto the world stage, but to truly take her place, the nation must exit a trading system designed for the most underdeveloped economies. In 2015, Trump joined with Americans for Limited Government in opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership because the American people believe in reciprocity in trade and the same should apply with India. President Trump should expedite India’s economic maturation by stripping away the GSP.”

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Jan. 10, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to conduct a review and investigation of the prosecution of Cliven Bundy after the case was dismissed over prosecutorial misconduct:

“It is unacceptable that federal law enforcement agents and prosecutors engaged in gross misconduct and violations of constitutional rights in their handling of the high-profile Cliven Bundy case in Nevada. The disturbing allegations that Bureau of Land Management enforcement personnel attempted to incite violence and federal prosecutors broke basic evidentiary laws, causing the cases to be thrown out, need a full and thorough investigation by the Justice Department. Federal law enforcement officials and the Justice Department have come under increased scrutiny as being overtly politicized and given the high-profile nature of the Bundy case, it is hard not to worry if the federal malfeasance isn’t a fruit of that poisoned Obama tree. It’s up to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to get to the bottom of what went wrong and to hold those accountable who are to blame to fullest extent of the law.”

Attachments:

“DOJ misconduct in Nevada in Bundy case,” By Richard McCarty and Printus LeBlanc, Jan. 10, 2018 at http://netrightdaily.com/2018/01/doj-misconduct-nevada-bundy-case/

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HUD administrative actions end immediate damage

Jan. 8, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Congress to defund the 2015 Obama HUD housing rule that rezones recipients of community development block grants along income and racial criteria:

“The Department of Housing and Urban Development is on the right track by delaying implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing assessment tool until 2020, an unworkable bi-product of the 2015 Obama housing rule that effectively puts the federal government in charge of local zoning issues. The rule cites zoning no less than six times as a basis for compliance with the regulation. The House-passed omnibus bill defunds that aspect of the regulation, and we strongly support that rider’s inclusion or expansion in the final 2018 funding bill. This is a perfect way for Congress to begin to reassert its rightful Article I constitutional prerogatives, by defunding those regulations that go far beyond the scope of federal law.”

Attachments:

The HUD regulation in question, “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) currently conditions $3 billion of yearly community development block grants on 1,200 recipient cities and counties rezoning neighborhoods along income and racial guidelines. Specifically, it does so by directing municipalities “to examine relevant factors, such as zoning and other land-use practices that are likely contributors to fair housing concerns, and take appropriate actions in response” as a condition for receipt of the block grants.” [emphasis added] https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/07/19/2013-16751/affirmatively-furthering-fair-housing#h-19

SEC. 234. Of HR 3354: “None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the final rule entitled ‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice entitled ‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)).” https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3354/text

“Senate takes first step to ending HUD takeover of neighborhoods,” By Robert Romano, May 20, 2016 at http://netrightdaily.com/2016/05/senate-takes-first-step-ending-hud-takeover-neighborhoods/

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