On behalf of the below-signed individuals and 10,988 co-signers, FreedomWorks Foundation appreciates the opportunity to offer these comments regarding the Federal Reserve’s request for public input on implementing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

The Big Picture

On April 9th, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order that established a Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States (the Commission). Under Section 3 of the order, the Commission will produce a report to President Biden that among other things provides an analysis of the key arguments in the current debate for and against Supreme Court (Court) reform. The report must be provided to President Biden by November 15th, 2021.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act, H.R. 4123, introduced by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.). This bill would codify the Trump administration’s 2019 HRA rule and empower employees to take greater ownership of their health coverage.

Today, FreedomWorks Foundation submitted a formal comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding their request for information (RFI) about climate change disclosures. In their RFI, the SEC seeks public input on their decision to "evaluate our disclosure rules with an eye toward facilitating the disclosure of consistent, comparable, and reliable information on climate change."

Today, FreedomWorks Foundation submitted a formal comment opposing a proposed rule by the Department of Education that would incentivize and provide funding for the teaching of critical race theory in America’s schools. The proposed rule would retarget existing priorities for American History and Civics Education programs to require schools seeking federal grants to teach critical race theory.

Today, FreedomWorks Foundation submitted a formal comment supporting a proposed rule by the National Institute of Standards and Technology that seeks to provide clarity to federal "march-in" rights under the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. In short, the Bayh-Dole Act lays out the framework for providing inventors the title to their innovations that are either wholly or partially publicly funded. Within this framework exists a little-known provision that give federal agencies the authority to "march-in" and force title holders to provide a license for their product where they otherwise would not have, creating a loophole by which the federal government could implement price controls on private companies.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and senators and ask them to cosponsor the Right to Test Act, H.R. 719 and S. 152. Introduced by Rep. Patrick McHenry and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Right to Test Act would simply allow states to approve COVID-19 testing to be used in their state without the interference of the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).

Today, FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon sent a letter alongside 190 of our Oklahoma activists to the Oklahoma State Senate in strong opposition to Senate Bill 734: An Act relating to prescription drugs

THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, which kicks off in Florida in less than two weeks, legislators should, and in areas are poised to, continue their state's leadership on principles of free markets in critical areas.