Jan. 15, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) appointment of U.S. Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to head the House impeachment managers:

“Speaker Pelosi’s decision to appoint Reps. Adam Schiff and Jerrold Nadler to head the House impeachment management team demonstrates clearly that the Senate will hear nothing more than hearsay and presumptions against President Donald Trump. Schiff’s history of lying throughout the entirety of the Russiagate investigation, combined with his unscrupulous handling of the impeachment inquiry, should solidify resolve in the Senate to bend over backwards to allow President Trump to present his case. Nadler pronounced before Nancy Pelosi even became Speaker that Democrats were going to impeach President Trump, showing clearly that this fraudulent impeachment was a foregone conclusion with the House merely filling in the blanks for the Articles of Impeachment.

“With a Senate trial likely to start next week the pubic needs to let their Senators know that they expect President Trump to be treated fairly and that any attempts by the House Democrats to expand their inquiry should be rejected. A quick, fair trial and exoneration will allow the Senate to get back to important work on behalf of the American people. The House failed in its duty to take impeachment seriously, and the Senate should dispose of this sham political maneuver fairly and rapidly.”

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Jan. 10, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising the Trump economy’s record low unemployment:

“2019 marked a year of remarkable employment growth with the number of unemployed Americans dropping to a low of 5.753 million with 533,000 fewer unemployed than at the beginning of the year.  December, 2019 marked the fewest number of people unemployed since December, 2000 when there were more than 24 million fewer people in the civilian workforce. This is remarkable.

“Not to be outdone, nearly 2 million more people had jobs at the end of 2019 than at the beginning.  Since President Trump took office in January of 2017 about 6.7 million more people are employed with real wages increasing disproportionately for those at the bottom of the wage scale.

“The unemployment rate remains at 3.5%, a level not seen since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.”

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Jan. 9, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in support of action by the White House Council of Environmental Quality to streamline environmental approvals for infrastructure and other projects:

“The Trump administration’s proposed rule to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations is timely and important.  America cannot compete in the 21st century digital age when common sense infrastructure needs are effectively derailed by a regulatory regime which often takes the better part of a decade to satisfy.  The streamlined system outlined by the proposed rule protects the environment while taking away barriers which are more about stopping needed growth than protecting the environment.”

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Correction: The proposal is by the White House Council of Environmental Quality, not the Interior Department.

Jan. 9, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement commenting on a resolution by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on war powers:

“Here are facts everyone can agree on. Congress in 2002 authorized the use of military force in Iraq and to secure Iraq internally. And President Trump, like Obama and Bush before him, used force in Iraq against an enemy combatant on Iraqi soil who was fomenting war against the U.S. through the attack on our embassy and other attacks on U.S.  and Iraqi forces. The President’s decision to target the terrorist general Soleimani is authorized under current law, and would remain so authorized even under the resolution being proposed by Sen. Tim Kaine, which allows for force otherwise authorized by Congress.”

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Jan. 8, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s remarks on Iran:

“The President’s decision to have a measured economic response to Iran’s failed missile attack that resulted in no casualties yesterday shows his deep desire for peace. President Trump was right in taking out the single person most responsible for fomenting terrorism throughout the Middle East and indeed in much of the world. The Iranian regime knows with absolute certainty now that when this President says he won’t allow a nuclear Iran that he means it, and the world is safer today than it was a week ago.”

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Jan. 3, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. elimination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Iraq:

“Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was on Iraq soil when he was targeted by U.S. forces, well within the President’s congressionally approved power to conduct the war in Iraq and his Article II constitutional authority to protect U.S. forces. Additionally, Solemni had been declared the leader of a terrorist organization carrying out attacks against U.S. interests in Iraq and around the world. The President acted well within the scope of law to authorize this action, and should be receiving universal praise rather than approbation by those too fearful to lead.”

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Jan. 2, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to AT&T abuse of the H-1B program:

“AT&T enriches itself on public spectrum, and yet they’re going after American tech workers by forcing them to train their H-1B replacements. This is unacceptable. The H-1B program is completely broken and must be disbanded, as it is not addressing shortages in job markets, it is supplanting qualified Americans. It is particularly ironic that AT&T is engaged in this blatant abuse of American workers while they are dependent on publicly owned spectrum in order to build their 5G network. If any company should be a good corporate citizen it is AT&T and yet this is just one example of the failure of that entity to act responsibly. The FCC should investigate whether AT&T is meeting their responsibilities under the recent AT&T-Time Warner merger and should be blocked from additional spectrum purchases based on their egregious abuse of immigration laws.”

To view online: https://getliberty.org/2020/01/att-sticks-it-to-american-tech-workers-forces-them-to-train-foreign-replacements/

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Jan. 2, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting the House for attempting to delay the Senate trial of President Donald Trump:

“It has been two weeks since the Democrats in the House of Representatives chose to vote for impeachment of President Donald Trump.  Subsequently, they have spent their time threatening to not present their ‘case’ to the Senate because of disputes with the Executive Branch over whether Congress can compel testimony of high ranking officials.  While they and Senator Chuck Schumer have been complaining it is important to note what they haven’t done – actually file suit in federal court challenging the White House assertions of executive privilege. In fact, prior to the impeachment vote, the House chose not to pursue legal avenues when former National Security Advisor John Bolton asked the federal court to decide whether he should comply with the executive branch’s privilege claim or a House subpoena. The simple fact is that the current whining about not being able to call the President’s Chief of Staff or his former National Security Advisor are nothing but a smokescreen designed to create agreement that the President will not be allowed to call witnesses like the former Vice President, his son, Rep. Adam Schiff and the leaker who started the Ukraine farce.

“The President needs to be able to present his case to the Senate. If the House wanted to be taken seriously about their need for other witnesses, they should have gone to court and fought that out prior to voting for impeachment.  Clearly, they think they have a case to be made, the Senate needs to force them to make it, so the country can move on from this charade.”

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Dec. 19, 2019, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to House passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement:

“House passage of the USMCA is major win for President Donald Trump and America. After decades of political promises to end or fix NAFTA, President Trump delivered. The USMCA reestablishes U.S. sovereignty by forcing dispute resolution into U.S. courts, protects intellectual property, and sets groundbreaking anti-currency manipulation rules that will set the standard for future trade agreements. The fact that Speaker Pelosi was forced to give President Trump this landmark victory in the immediate wake of impeachment demonstrates that the President has emerged politcally stronger than ever.”

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