Oct. 31, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in support of the House’s $14.3 billion Israel aid legislation that also slashes IRS enforcement funds:

“Americans for Limited Government urges the House to pass their $14.3 billion Israel military support appropriations bill immediately.  This legislation focuses exclusively on Israel’s military needs as the threat of a three front war looms for our Middle Eastern ally.

“New Speaker Michael Johnson has kept his promise by narrowing this aid package to only include money for military needs, stripping out President Biden’s requests for so-called humanitarian aid for Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.  The bill offsets the proposed spending by rescinding funds allocated to the Internal Revenue Service making it budget neutral.

“The separation of the Israel aid package from the rest of the Biden request will lead to a separate debate about Ukraine, the border, humanitarian aid and a request from the Navy to increase the submarine fleet in the Pacific Ocean. The Senate is expected to consider Biden’s full $105 billion aid request without financial offsets.

“The House’s legislation focuses on the important immediate needs, not allowing the urgency resulting from the horrific October 7 attack against civilians by Hamas to be used as an excuse to railroad through other proposals which don’t have the same urgency and should have been included in the regular appropriations bills being considered.  Americans for Limited Government supports defending our ally Israel with military materiel, and the House’s fiscally sound approach meets both America’s foreign policy objectives and our domestic need to bring sanity back to our federal government spending.”

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Oct. 26, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance’s proposal to separate Israel and Ukraine war funding as standalone supplementals:

“Ukrainian funding is controversial and deserves a full and thorough review given the lack of accountability for the approximately $100 billion in previous funds allocated.  It is also important that Congress force the Biden administration to provide clear goals and objectives for the Ukraine War to assess the request.

“The supplemental funding of Israel on the other hand is a straight-forward response to the horrifying attack on civilians by Hamas, which is the government of Gaza.  What’s more, the Biden administration chose to move munitions intended for emergencies facing Israel to Ukraine earlier this year and those stockpiles must be replenished immediately given the existential threat facing our only democratic ally in the region.

“Senator Vance is right to differentiate between the need for real contemplation on Ukraine policy versus the immediate need facing Israel and Americans for Limited Government urges every U.S. Senator to join him in separating the two requests, so each can be considered and amended as the Senate sees fit.

“With the House Speaker decided it is important that the Israel spending be focused upon the immediate military needs and not be restricted to defensive weapons capability.  It is also important that money designated for so-called humanitarian aid in Gaza and for the terrorist Palestinian Authority be stripped out so long as the operating governments of those two areas fail to recognize the right of the nation of Israel to exist.

“It is stupid and dangerous to fund both the terrorists and those who they wage terror against.  Standing with Israel, by necessity, means defunding and sanctioning Hamas and the Palestinian Authority along with Iran and their terror proxies like the Houthis in Yemen.

“Thank goodness that there are Senators like J.D. Vance who are willing to put a clear-eyed review on the Biden funding request to ensure that American taxpayers’ monies are spent wisely in this time of peril.”

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Oct. 25, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement congratulating House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on his election as Speaker today:

“Speaker Mike Johnson introduced himself to the American public today as a man of faith and conviction in one of the most impressive acceptance speeches in memory.  It is easy to see why the House Republicans came together to trust this native of Shreveport, Louisiana with the speakership of the House of Representatives, and a position third in line to the presidency.  Americans for Limited Government looks forward to rolling up our sleeves and working together with Speaker Johnson on the critical issues facing our great nation.”

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Oct. 25, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in support of U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) for Speaker of the House:

“The House GOP nominated Rep. Mike Johnson for Speaker last evening with a vote scheduled for noon today.  Rep. Johnson is a solid supporter of limited government principles who is the former head of the center-right Republican Study Committee. Americans for Limited Government strongly urges every House Republican to rally around Rep. Johnson and elect him the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

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Oct. 24, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement reacting to House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) withdrawing his name from consideration for Speaker of the House shortly after winning the House Republican Conference nomination for the post:

“Tom Emmer made the right choice in discontinuing his bid for the House Speakership when he discovered there were dozens of members opposed to his candidacy. House Republicans need to set a threshold of 217 votes in conference that any nominee must attain in order to be Speaker. There are dozens of members who would be outstanding Speakers, and I am optimistic that a consensus will emerge.”

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Oct. 19, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Research Foundation President Rick Manning today issued the following statement after joining an amicus curiae brief in SEC v. Jarkesy:

“Americans for Limited Government Research Foundation is proud to join Advancing American Freedom  and many others in filing an amicus brief on SEC v. Jarkesy.  The administrative state has too often become prosecutor, judge and jury in determining the guilt or innocence of those accused of violating regulations.  The Constitutional separation of powers was created to provide checks against this consolidation of power.  Mr. Jarkesy has been abused by a system devised under the guise of expertise, but which is really nothing more than a consolidation of power within the executive branch which does not extend guaranteed legal protections to the accused.  It is time for the Supreme Court to end this fixed, quasi-legal system.”

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Oct. 16, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging House Republicans to support House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for House Speaker:

“It is time for all House Republicans to come together and choose a Speaker. Jim Jordan, the House Republican conference nominee for Speaker, has laid a pathway forward which restores power to committees and promises a return to regular order. Chairman Jordan has worked tirelessly on his Judiciary and Government Oversight and Accountability assignments, and proved to be one of former Speaker McCarthy’s most important and outspoken allies, keeping his word. Americans for Limited Government urges members elected as Republicans to preserve the GOP Majority mandate given by 54.5 million voters in 2022 by voting for Jim Jordan for Speaker.”

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Oct. 10, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement supporting U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives:

“U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan is uniquely qualified to be Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Americans for Limited Government is proud to endorse him. Jordan is a staunch defender of the Constitution and individual liberties, and has a proven ability to work with all members of the Republican conference on critical issues like censorship, surveillance and the weaponization of government, and the overall abuse of power of the executive branch. This is not a conservative versus liberal fight, it is a fight for the future of America, and whether the House will be an effective check against President Biden. It is essential that the next Speaker have a deep understanding of how the executive branch has grown into a political enforcement arm in order to be able to use the Article One powers to legislate and the power of the purse to deconstruct the administrative state. There are a number of quality candidates, but Jim Jordan stands alone in the ability to create a laser focus on the three issues that should bring Republicans together: Biden, the budget and the border.”

To view online: https://getliberty.org/2023/10/alg-supports-jim-jordan-for-speaker/

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Sept. 28, Fairfax, Va.–Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in favor of Amendment #73 to H.R. 4873  by U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.):

“Americans for Limited Government supports Amendment #73 to prohibit funds executing Presidential Proclamation 10606 that created a national monument prohibiting mineral extraction on almost a million acres in Arizona, including potential rare earth deposits. At a time when China dominates global rare earth production, America’s national security depends upon an expansion of domestic mineral production in the U.S., not reducing it. Representative Gosar’s Amendment 73 wisely stops the Biden administration from further strangling mineral resource extraction impacting a million acres of Arizona land.  The Biden administration may not care about protecting America from Chinese dominance of rare earth and other minerals, but Congress must stop this administration’s attempted resource development surrender to the Chinese by voting in favor of Amendment 73 to H.R. 4873 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024.”

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Sept. 25, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning today issued the following statement in response to GOP presidential candidate South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is being sued by the United Auto Workers for repeating President Ronald Reagan’s actions in dealing with the federal air traffic controllers strike:

“The new leadership of the UAW appears to be more interested in internet clicks than in the welfare of their own membership. Apparently, they are not content to take on the Big Three automakers in an unprecedented industry-wide strike, they also want to take on the legacy of Ronald Reagan who fired federal employees who walked off their jobs illegally, endangering both the American flying public and the national economy.  Senator Scott’s response was clearly aimed at federal employees who are ineligible to strike when he said, ‘I think Ronald Reagan gave us a great example when federal employees decided they were going to strike,’ he said, adding ,’you strike, you’re fired. Simple concept to me to the extent that we can use that once again.’

“If the UAW leadership cannot discern that a Senator, commenting on U.S. employment law that has nothing to do with the private sector, is not only appropriate but necessary, then they have no business being employed by, let alone running a union. It is likely that Senator Scott has caught their ire due to the growing number of non-union autoworkers in South Carolina which the membership starved UAW desperately seeks to attract. Since their heyday in the 1970s, UAW membership has shrunk from 1.5 million to around 400,000 and the new leadership’s desperation for relevance in right to work states is more and more evident as they attempt a Hail Mary negotiation which will only decrease auto production in pro-union states over time.  Rather than pretend it is the 1950s and he is powerful UAW head Walter Reuther, the newly elected auto union head should focus on fighting against the Biden climate driven electric car push which will doom a significant portion of the automaking workforce.

“Instead, the UAW puts out a stupid, self-serving National Labor Relations Board claim designed to get a headline in the Greenville, South Carolina press in the hopes of gaining traction for their moribund unionization push.”

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