July 10, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the House to pass H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voting Eligibility (SAVE) Act:

“There is no excuse not to pass the Safeguard American Voting Eligibility Act.  The sacred right to vote by citizens which so many have fought for from Selma, Alabama to remote corners of the world where freedom has continued to be won, is under attack. Rep. Chip Roy is right when he says, ‘Federal law currently PROHIBITS states from verifying citizenship status during registration for federal elections. The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship to register and would remove non-citizens from voter rolls. What are Democrats fearful of?’

“The answer is simple. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democrat members of Congress oppose democracy by seeking to destroy the one-person, one-vote constitutional principle, through annihilating chain of custody of live ballots and engaging in a deliberate campaign to register illegal aliens to vote as they enter the country and sign up for free stuff from the government.

“Joe Biden has stated many times that this election is a battle for the soul of America.  He is right and protecting the fundamental principle that American citizens have a unique franchise to determine the direction of the country is essential to maintaining our freedom and liberty.

“Americans for Limited Government strongly urges a Yes vote on the SAVE Act.”

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July 10, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland release the audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur:

“The Democrats are roiled in controversy over President Joe Biden’s fitness to continue to be their nominee and in truth to continue to serve out his current term.  While much is couched in political terms, the glaring question is whether the President is able to perform his duties. While Biden has repeatedly refused to take a cognitive test and release the results saying that he has one every day, Democrats should take him at his word. On October 6 & 7 of 2023 more than nine months ago, Special Counsel Robert Hur interviewed Biden related to the classified documents case. Hur described an enfeebled Biden in his report. While the report has been released, the Biden administration has attacked Hur for his characterization. If Democrats are actually concerned about our country and not just their November election chances, they will join House GOP members in publicly demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland release the audio files of the Hur/Biden interview.

“If Biden is correct and he demonstrates his cognitive capacity to the public’s satisfaction in the Hur interview and the special counsel was wrong in his judgment, the rightful concern caused by his glitch debate performance can be set aside. However, the Biden administration’s insistence that the interview audio file not be publicly released even as they continue to attack Hur’s assessment leads any reasonable person to believe that the Biden America saw in the debate is exactly who is sitting in the Oval Office.

“The bottom line is that if Democrats are truly concerned by Biden’s apparent mental deterioration, they should demand Garland release the tape.  If it is all just political maneuvering because Biden is going to get his clock cleaned by Donald Trump, then they should continue their silence on the tape issue.  The sad fact is that none of these pearl clutchers were at all surprised that the President is not functioning on all cylinders. What they are upset about is that the American public now knows it.

“It is time that the Attorney General release the audio file, and if Biden is the confused old man described by Hur, he should resign from office without any shame. In this increasingly dangerous world, it is time for the truth about the mental competency of this president.”

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July 5, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement on the latest jobs numbers:

“70,000 of the reported 206,000 jobs gained in the economy were from increases in government. The only category of workers that gained more was ‘health care and social assistance’ effectively an adjunct to our government run health care system, where private sector social assistance is typically done by government contractors acting on behalf of the government.

“See anything wrong with this ‘economic growth picture’?

“Meanwhile, the unemployment rate continues to rise, now reaching 4.1 percent, with the number of employed only 195,000 more than a year ago.  In spite of all the talk about jobs gained by the Biden administration, the number of people actually employed is basically the same over the past year.  Meanwhile the number of unemployed has risen by 814,000.  On top of the stagnant job growth, the initial unemployment claims numbers continue to climb, with continuing claims (meaning those who are on unemployment but have not dropped off due to finding a job) came in at the highest level since the pandemic.

“Apparently, government or government dependent workers are doing great under Bidenomics.  No wonder no one in DC can figure out that the economy stinks everywhere else.”

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July 2, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the House Judiciary Committee’s lawsuit against President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the audio recordings of Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur:

“If Richard Nixon could not establish executive privilege over his audio recordings in the Watergate case, there is no way Joe Biden can claim such a privilege that has surely been waived by public release of the transcripts of Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. The only outstanding issue is whether the American people get to listen to the audio. Given that Biden is facing an official impeachment inquiry, the Judiciary Committee’s subpoena that the recordings be provided must be treated similarly to other impeachment-oriented subpoenas. Biden has even no more grounds than Nixon did in withholding the Watergate tapes, which led directly to his resignation once released.”

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June 28, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement concerning Democrats and media becoming suddenly aware of President Biden’s incapacity.

“If Democrats and the left-wing media are really concerned about the ability of President Biden to perform his duties as president, they should join the House of Representatives in demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland release the complete, unedited tape of Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. Hur concluded based upon this interview that Biden was unfit to stand trial. The American public has an absolute right to hear this tape, and given how Biden’s condition has been covered up by the White House to date, the presumption should be that Hur is correct in his analysis that Biden is unfit.”

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June 27, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the Supreme Court’s ruling in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Jarkesy:

“The Jarkesy 6-3 ruling upends one of the administrative state’s central powers, to enforce regulations and fines without any trial or due process, specifically ending SEC’s decades-long practice of levying fines for securities fraud without jury trials. The right to be tried by a jury of your peers is a fundamental American freedom, and for decades, bureaucrats have served as prosecutor, judge and jury for those caught in their regulatory web. George Jarkesy fought back and as a result today, America is a little more free and closer to our constitutional principles.”

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First Amendment in Peril

June 26, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting the Supreme Court’s ruling in Murthy v. Missouri:

“It is appalling that the Supreme Court failed to rein in the intelligence and law enforcement agencies’ abuse of individual First Amendment rights in the Murthy v. Missouri case. The contorted logic that those in the federal government who abused their power with the worst censorship operation in U.S. history should be protected under the guise that they did not voluntarily release enough details of their abuse for the plaintiffs to achieve standing, gives jet fuel to these agencies’ unchecked power to continue abusing the Constitution. Under former President Donald Trump, resisters in these same departments and agencies refused to release materials that the President ordered released via declassification with dire consequences.

“As it relates to the facts of this case, Trump should he win the election should order the release of all pertinent materials that enable will plaintiffs to incontrovertibly prove their censorship occurred, and if the agencies refuse, fire everyone involved. Additionally, the House of Representatives should subpoena all involved government parties and compel them to provide further documentation and testimony under oath. We agree with Justice Samuel Alito’s dissent which noted that the record had sufficient evidence to uphold the injunction, and that ‘The Court… shirks that duty and thus permits the successful campaign of coercion in this case to stand as an attractive model for future officials who want to control what the people say, hear, and think.’ The Supreme Court’s cowardice in the face of a direct assault by the federal government on First Amendment rights using Silicon Valley cutouts is a black mark on an institution that the left is seeking to destroy. We can only hope that when the case continues in the lower courts, the record can be further established as to be uncontestable.”

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June 14, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to reports that Saudi Arabia beginning to accept payments in other currencies besides the U.S. dollar for oil:

“It is being widely reported that Saudi Arabia will begin accepting multiple different currencies in exchange for oil, presumably ending the U.S.-Saudi petrodollar agreement. Why does this matter? Because for the last fifty years, the Saudis only accepted the U.S. dollar for oil, forcing world governments to in part accumulate U.S. treasuries in order to purchase the one commodity that makes the world go round, black gold, Texas tea, as an old 60s sitcom called it.

“What is the practical effect? As the need to have U.S. dollars rather than Chinese yuan or Indian rupies or euros is negated, the world demand for U.S. Treasuries will go down. Each year, we sell around $9 trillion of treasuries to buyers around the world. The market for these is at least partially driven by the demand to purchase them with that demand partially created by the need to have them to transact business around the world.

“Now that the artificial oil demand is lessened, the allure of U.S. treasuries will be significantly more tied to the interest rate they pay. Less demand, more supply — due to an on-going $2 trillion deficit and rolling over maturing treasuries — equals higher interest payments on the debt. Higher interest payments on the debt equals higher annual deficits and more inflation due to the increased cost of borrowing. Needless to say this vicious cycle is bad for our nation’s short and mid-term economic outlook.”

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June 12, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging that FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg be removed from his position immediately by President Joe Biden:

“Americans for Limited Government agrees with House Financial Services Committee Chairman McHenry that FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg must be fired immediately due to the widespread malfeasance and mismanagement at the agency detailed in the 200-page plus independent report requested by the FDIC Board of Directors.

“Gruenberg’s callous response that he will resign once someone else is put in place misses the entire point that system-wide change at the Agency is needed right now, not whenever someone else is approved to take the helm. When a ship is stuck on the shoals of employee abuse, the captain doesn’t get to call the shots – the captain gets replaced immediately. Gruenberg’s refusal to participate in today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing is a slap in the face to Congress and a sign of true cowardice in his refusal to face and respond to an inquiry about the abuse of employees at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under his watch as Chairman. Gruenberg is the problem and not the solution.

“It is telling that the Biden White House, which virtue signals non-stop on whatever is the latest social issue of the day, has failed to follow the President’s day-one promise to fire anyone immediately who disrespects – let alone abuses – their colleagues. As today’s hearing is proving, it is time for Gruenberg to go in order to begin reestablishing trust amongst the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation workforce. This is a test of whether Joe Biden will fire someone immediately who has overseen what Sen. Joni Ernst called an Animal House-like atmosphere at an agency that Americans trust to oversee our banking system. Failure to fire Gruenberg would mark just one more sad example of Joe Biden’s administration talking a big game, and shrinking back when it comes time to back it up. Martin Gruenberg should be fired today.

“Protecting our nation’s banking system is a big job.  It is a job that needs to be done without the distraction of sexual harassment, abuse of disabled employees, and intimidation. It is time for the Biden White House to fire Martin Gruenberg immediately and stop putting their political and policy agenda ahead of the need for a functioning Agency overseeing the nation’s banking system.”

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June 7, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the latest jobs numbers:

“Almost 30% of the nation’s job growth over the past twelve month comes from the growth of local, state and federal government hiring even though government only makes up 15% of everyone with jobs.  That’s right, out of the 2.1 million new jobs created over the past year according to the U.S. Department of Labor, 617,000 of them were government jobs.  According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, total government employment in May of 2024 reached an all-time high of 23,319,000, up about 1.5 million since Joe Biden took office with federal employment alone up more than 1.1 million.

“Hiring non-productive paper pushers and armed Internal Revenue Service agents don’t create wealth, but instead are a drag on the overall economy.  The irony is that one impact of draining the swamp in DC would be a jump in reported unemployment as the bloated federal bureaucracy would be trimmed. One thing no one should be surprised about is that Biden has significantly grown the size of the government workforce pouring money into the coffers of his government employee union benefactors.”

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