Congress needs to end Biden’s ESG green energy blind spot

March 7, 2022, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Congress to end Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) regulations and pension subsidies that divert investment from carbon and nuclear-based energies in favor of green energies that have made Europe dependent on Russian oil and natural gas:

“When even Elon Musk, the greatest beneficiary of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment to date, says it’s time to drill more oil and gas, and to go nuclear, it shouldn’t be difficult for American policy makers to agree. Unfortunately, the Biden administration, working with major investment firms like Blackrock and Vanguard, have deliberately put their thumb on the scale in favor of non-carbon, green energy, rather than providing the capital needed turn on the oil and gas spigots everywhere when the West needs it the most to offset Russia’s energy stranglehold on key NATO allies including Germany.

“Germany has already made an initial shift in their policy, expediting the opening of two new liquified natural gas terminals and increasing military spending, but in the U.S. the Biden administration refuses to shed their green ESG handcuffs by ending financial services policies that restrict investment oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear energy investment.

“We learned everything we needed to learn about the Biden administration when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quipped when he called the war and Russian energy extortion a ‘short term problem’ that didn’t require a ‘permanent solution’ by increasing American energy production. President Joe Biden is demanding $10 billion for Ukraine emergency relief. Congress should insist on policies that foster American energy development to offset Russia on global energy markets, so that our nation doesn’t find itself tomorrow in the same position that Germany finds itself into today.”

Attachments:

“Ukraine war, European dependence on Russian oil and gas prove ESG is a threat to national security,” By Robert Romano, Vice President of Public Policy, Americans for Limited Government Foundation, March 4, 2022 at https://dailytorch.com/2022/03/ukraine-war-european-dependence-on-russian-oil-and-gas-prove-esg-is-a-threat-to-national-security/

“Higher oil and gas prices will fuel Russia’s military to prosecute its war in Ukraine. The U.S. and OPEC need to speed up production.” By Robert Romano, Vice President of Public Policy, Americans for Limited Government Foundation, March 7, 2022 at https://dailytorch.com/2022/02/higher-oil-and-gas-prices-will-fuel-russias-military-to-prosecute-its-war-in-ukraine-the-u-s-and-opec-need-to-speed-up-production/

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Vaccine mandate show vote will fail to provide political cover

March 2, 2022, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate voting on a Congressional Review Act rescission of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates:

“The Senate just completed another ‘show vote’ on ending the Biden vaccine mandates. The Senate GOP has the power to end the vaccine mandates by simply insisting that their enforcement is defunded in the upcoming Omnibus government spending bill.  If the vaccine mandate continues to be funded it will be because the Senate GOP chose to fund it, and having fake votes with no chance of passing will not provide any political cover.  This is a time for choosing, not a time for dodging responsibility — Senate Republicans need to defund the vaccine mandates or explain why they chose to fund them.”

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Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow projects 0 percent growth in first quarter of 2022

March 1, 2022, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement reacting to the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow projecting 0 percent growth annualized for the Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2022:

“The warning lights of the U.S. economy are beginning to flash red, with 7.5 percent inflation, collapsing interest rate yield curves and the Atlanta Fed now projecting 0 percent economic growth in the first quarter of 2022. President Joe Biden’s war on energy and Congress’ massive spending surge have created an inflationary drag on the economy that predates the crisis in Europe by a year. Unfortunately, the chickens are now coming home to roost warning us that the economy is beginning to stumble badly. No amount of braggadocio about recovering jobs that had been submarined by state and federal lockdowns can hide the fact that American workers are making 2.3 percent less in real dollars than they were a year ago. In Biden’s America, wages have not kept up with prices, and the President doesn’t have a clue about what to do about it.”

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Senate Judiciary Committee must fully and completely vet Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Feb. 28, 2022, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to fully and completely vet President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson:

“President Joe Biden has the Article II power to appoint anyone he deems appropriate to be on the Supreme Court. Similarly, the Senate has the same constitutional responsibility to fully and completely vet Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will be a lifetime appointment. This legislative check on both the executive and judicial branches makes the Senate the last of defense of the Constitution when it comes to appointments, making certain that the court is only filled with serious jurists and not political activists.

“It is important that the Senate Judiciary Committee engage in a rigorous and thorough examination of Judge Jackson’s record, philosophy and qualifications. Normally a nominee has an extensive appeals court record, but Judge Jackson only has one written appellate court decision. It is up to the Senate to review her political biases and writings with an eye toward ascertaining her ability to be an independent member of the Supreme Court who follows what the law says — and not her personal preferences.”

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Time is running out for Congress to listen and defund vaccine mandates

Feb. 24, 2022, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today urged Congress to oppose any omnibus spending bill that allows implementation of President Joe Biden’s Covid vaccine mandates, including through the use of the Senate filibuster:

“Americans for Limited Government urges Congress to listen to the American people and oppose any omnibus spending bill that funds implementation of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates, including with the use of the Senate filibuster. Compulsory vaccines are unconstitutional, unnecessary and counterproductive, resulting in a decrease of voluntary vaccinations in the months following their announcement. In a free country, the American people must be allowed to determine for themselves what their own risk tolerance is, whether it is with Covid, the flu or any other illness. The past month, 25 million emails have been sent to Congressional offices in opposition to vaccine mandates from Americans for Limited Government action alerts. Now, Congress must listen and act to protect liberty. No excuses.”

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Truckers convoy arrives at D.C. in display of patriotism

Feb. 23, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the truckers convoy arriving in the Washington, D.C. area today:

“The truckers convoy arriving in the Washington, D.C. area today have wisely decided that they will not go into Washington, D.C. proper and will instead drive around the Beltway responsibly. Their message urging Congress to embrace a freedom agenda and to end Covid mandates is important at this time in American history. This decision by convoy leader Bob Bolus is a good one and Americans for Limited Government urges members of Congress to take the concerns of these truckers to heart, and then to take action by defunding the Biden vaccine mandates.”

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ALG Urges Senate to Defund the Vaccine Mandates

Take these regulatory yokes off the necks of the American people today by voting to amend H.R. 6617

Fairfax, Va. – The United States Senate is poised to vote today on a critical funding bill, H.R. 6617, that includes funding to enforce President Biden’s vaccine mandates. Americans for Limited Government (ALG) is leading a nationwide campaign to defund the vaccine mandates.  ALG President Richard Manning issued the following statement ahead of today’s expected voted in the Senate:

“Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will be offering an amendment to the government funding continuing resolution this afternoon which would defund the vaccine mandates.  This is an important amendment which should pass overwhelmingly as Republican and Democrat state and local leaders, including the Mayor of Washington, D.C., have lifted these mandates at the local levels.  It is absurd to leave inflexible federal government strictures in place. It is time for the Senate to defund their enforcement of unconstitutional vaccine mandates.  Americans for Limited Government launched a campaign a week ago, which resulted in 24.3 million emails being delivered to Congress demanding lawmakers defund the mandates. It is time for Congress to assert their Article One Constitutional powers to do so now.

“Americans for Limited Government urges Senators to support Sen. Lee’s actions to take these regulatory yokes off the necks of the American people today by voting to amend H.R. 6617 and sending it back to the House of Representatives for passage.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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ALG urges senators to ‘oppose tyranny’ & defund vaccine mandates

‘The livelihoods and personal freedoms of millions of Americans are at stake’

Fairfax, Va. – Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Rand Paul (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have announced they will not consent to a time agreement that eases passage of the Continuing Resolution (“CR”)  without an agreement to allow for a roll call vote on an amendment to defund Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandates.

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Richard Manning issued the following statement in support of the senators efforts:

“This is big news. I have no doubt that the 23 million emails received in the Senate and House of Representatives through Americans for Limited Government’s DefundTheMandates.com campaign played a part in this.

“Americans for Limited Government strongly urges every senator to vote to defund the vaccine mandates.  Democrat governors across the country are joining their Republican counterparts in ending the shutdowns and mandates.  It would be obscene for the federal government to continue pressing for American workers, soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, health care workers, emergency and first responders along with federal government workers and contractors to lose their jobs at a time when the CDC has found that natural immunity offers better protection against the Delta variant of COVID than two vaccinations.

“It is time for Republicans, Democrats and Independents to come together and end this dismal chapter in our nation’s history by defunding unconstitutional vaccine mandates at a time when the federal government should be encouraging Americans to get back to work, instead of forcing them to be thrown out of their careers and livelihoods.”

Note: The six senators have sent a Dear Colleague Letter to every senator inviting them to “stand with us and oppose the CR until it explicitly defunds the implementation and enforcement of these mandates…we need to take a vote on this before funding their enforcement. The livelihoods and personal freedoms of millions of Americans are at stake.”

Click here to view Dear Colleague Letter.

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

Americans for Limited Government Launches Campaign to Defund COVID Vaccine Mandates

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government (ALG) has launched a nationwide grassroots campaign to get a million Americans to send an email to every Member of Congress and the United States Senate demanding they defund President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates.

The campaign backs up efforts led in the House by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and in the Senate by Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

“Biden’s Vaccine Mandates need to be stopped, and Congress can do it by voting to defund the mandates,” said ALG President Richard Manning.

“In the days ahead, both the House and Senate will be voting to fund the federal government. This is the place to make a stand,” Manning explained. “Forty-one Senators can filibuster any funding bill which pays for enforcement of the Biden Vax Mandates.

“Our goal is to get a million Americans to take action by Monday,” Manning concluded.

Every American is asked to go to the website DefundTheMandates.com and in 60 seconds send this short email to every U.S. Senator and Member of Congress.

Please stop the Biden vaccine mandates by voting against any government funding bill which includes money to enforce these intrusions into American’s basic liberties. A vote for funding the government which does not stop the vaccine mandates is a vote for the vaccine mandates.

I am counting on you.

Thank you!

For media inquiries contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

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Americans for Limited Government Opposes House ‘Postal Reform’ Raid on Medicare

Stop the special interest raid on Medicare under the guise of ‘postal reform.’

Fairfax, Va. – This week the House of Representatives is expected to vote on H.R. 3076, legislation which raids our nation’s Medicare system to the tune of $5.6 billion over the next ten years according to the Congressional Budget Office. Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning issued the following statement:

“This is disastrous.  Just six months ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported that Medicare will be depleted in 2026 writing, “… current-law projections indicate that Medicare still faces a substantial financial shortfall that will need to be addressed with further legislation.

“This massive expense dump on Medicare will have the dual effect of accelerating the senior health care program’s bankruptcy, and increasing the costs associated with any rescue plan.

“Dumping U.S. Postal Service (U.S.P.S.) retiree health care obligations into Medicare will not only make the Medicare solvency crisis more difficult to solve. Pushing the effects of bad contracts negotiated with the postal workers union over the years onto the Medicare Trust Fund is cynical politics at its worse and must be stopped.

“The Government Accountability Office has already found in 2020, that, ‘USPS’s current business model is not financially stable” with almost $78 billion in the past 13 years.’  Shifting their retirement health care costs over to Medicare merely puts a band aid on the post office’s financial woes, but it puts a dagger in the heart of Medicare solvency with higher payroll taxes and cuts in Medicare benefits for retirees the inevitable outcome.

“Americans for Limited Government urges the House of Representatives to stop this special interest raid on Medicare under the guise of ‘postal reform.’”

 

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703.478.4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.