June 22, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising President Donald Trump for nominating Patrick Pizzella to be Deputy Secretary of Labor:

“Patrick Pizzella is a strong conservative who spent eight years in a top position at the Labor Department in George W. Bush administration and is a great, well-qualifed choice at this position. Pizzella understands the big issues that have engulfed the Labor Department where Obama administration policies have harmed the capacity of American businesses to create jobs. Additionally, Pizzella will stand up for those workers represented by organized labor in the private sector by pushing transparency regulations ensuring that union members know every aspect of union spending.”

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June 21, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging members of the U.S. Senate to cosponsor legislation by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), the STRONGER Patent Act:

“Protecting intellectual property is a cornerstone of American exceptionalism, as evidenced by the inclusion of patent rights in Article I of the Constitution.  This has allowed us to lead the world in innovation, but changes in recent years have weakened those protections and the US has begun to lose its place as the innovation capital of the world. Sens. Coons and Cotton have introduced legislation that 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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June 20, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in reaction to the results in the Georgia Congressional District 6 race:

“The Georgia Congressional race should serve as a wake-up call for the GOP in Washington, D.C. to get to work on President Trump’s agenda. The Ryan-McConnell rope a dope strategy where they spend more time on vacation than doing the people’s business will lead to catastrophic results in November of 2018. Speaker Ryan should immediately cancel the August recess and move aggressively forward on the President’s agenda with an emphasis on economic growth measures, including laying the groundwork for tax cuts, turning the President’s infrastructure plan into legislation and sending it to the Senate, and cutting the budget in accordance with the Trump budget.

“The House of Representatives is not saddled with the filibuster and the GOP Conference needs to be aggressive in passing limited government legislation across Capitol Hill to the Senate. “

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June 16, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement praising President Trump on his roll back of Obama’s bad deals benefiting Cuba’s corrupt regime:

“The Obama Administration rewarded the most grotesque human rights violators in the world with economic aid to keep their murderous dictatorships alive. Today, President Trump reversed one of those atrocious decisions by rolling back economic aid to the dictator in Cuba.

“The decision to stop rewarding the communist dictator has reaffirmed the United States position as a global leader in the pursuit of individual liberty for all. By refusing to fund a government that continues to jail and torture political dissidents, President Trump sent the clear message that the U.S. does not only spread wealth, it also spread the values of our country; individual liberty, justice, and democracy.

“Obama’s attempt to detach economic improvement from basic human rights tarnished our country’s position as a moral beacon for the world. By his actions today, President Trump has reestablished America’s position as the defenders of people oppressed by government, and as a worldwide defender of American values. People who care about freedom around the world should praise President Trump for standing tall on behalf of liberty for those suffering from tyrannical government.”

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June 16, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement about the sugar deal struck between the United States and Mexico:

“President Donald Trump has truly changed the way America does business with the world. His strong Commerce Department negotiating team, led by Secretary Wilbur Ross, has negotiated a tough enforceable sanction against Mexico, due to their long-time sugar dumping policies. The rule of law, including enforcement of treaties, only matters if they are strictly enforced. The days of turning a blind eye towards those who harm American workers and industry by violating trade rules are over. Elections matter and Donald Trump’s election as President is bit by bit restoring America’s leadership in the world.”

Read the Commerce Department statement here.

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June 14, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement reacting to the shooting in Alexandria, Va.:

“The vulnerability of our nation’s leaders to a terrorist attack like the one in Alexandria, Va. makes it all the more clear that a national concealed carry law needs to pass to ensure all citizens are able to exercise their Second Amendment rights. The Bernie Sanders supporter who shot Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others was only prevented from committing a mass murder by the presence of armed Capitol Hill police assigned to Scalise. While it is particularly heinous that this was an attack on the very institution of government, it would be no less tragic if it had been against everyday citizens. Those citizens need to have the choice guaranteed to them by the Constitution to have the means to protect themselves. Congress needs to act now to pass national concealed carry legislation.”

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June 12, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to narrow the scope of the investigation currently being led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller:

“Given former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony that there is no collusion between President Trump and Russia to do with the campaign, the scope of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should be dramatically narrowed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to simply the leaks and the Obama administration unmaskings to led to this witch hunt in the first place. If Mueller refuses to investigate these leaks, which are one of the central reasons he was even appointed as Special Counsel, then the Special Counsel should be discontinued. It is not up to the Justice Department to choose who the President of the United States is. The American people already made that decision in 2016.”

Attachments:

“Can Special Counsel Mueller objectively handle the Russia, unmasking and leak investigations?” By Robert Romano, June 12, 2017 at http://netrightdaily.com/2017/06/can-special-counsel-mueller-objectively-handle-russia-unmasking-leak-investigations/

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June 12, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement announcing a new Americans for Limited Government video ad, “Crisis Point,” urging Congress to expand the electric grid with coal and nuclear power:

“For the first time in at least a decade, a new coal mine opened this week in Pennsylvania. Only one new nuclear power plant has come online in the past 20 years. In the meantime, the federal government has waged a war on coal with crushing regulations that is taxing our grid capacity, which has not grown at all in a decade even as residential use was increasing. We have reached the crisis point, where the economy cannot grow and enough new, good-paying jobs cannot be created without expanding the grid particularly in the industrial sector with coal and nuclear. If America wants to be a manufacturing powerhouse again, we need more power, and expanding the use of coal and nuclear to fuel this expansion just makes sense.”

Attachments:

“Crisis Point,” Americans for Limited Government, June 12, 2017 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aDX3c8Px4&feature=youtu.be

“Infrastructure Requires Electrical Grid Expansion For National Security, Jobs,” By Ken Blackwell and Rick Manning, June 6, 2017 at https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2017/06/06/infrastructure-requires-electrical-grid-expansion-for-national-security-jobs-n2336908

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June 8, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence:

“James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee was ultimately all about James Comey. The minute he acknowledged that nobody had ever been prosecuted for hoping something and that neither President Trump nor Attorney General Sessions had actually ordered him to stop any investigation with their words, any potential obstruction case against anyone in the Trump administration including the President ended. The rest of his testimony would have been better left for his memoirs.”

Attachments:

“No obstruction of justice by Trump in Comey testimony,” By Robert Romano, June 8, 2017 at http://netrightdaily.com/2017/06/no-obstruction-justice-trump-comey-testimony/

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June 7, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Congress to cancel the August recess and get to work:

“It’s time for Congress to get to work, and the first step is cancelling the August vacation. At a time when President Trump’s agenda is being stalled in Congress based on the calendar, it is time for Speaker Paul Ryan to cancel Congress’ paid vacation. What’s more, the House should be in session on Mondays and Fridays until they get all of the appropriations bills done.”

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