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Congress has already passed relief packages totaling $3.6 trillion in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It may soon spend trillions more bailing out the U.S. Postal Service in addition to the airlines and city and state governments that have for so long embraced fiscal irresponsibility. Strange priorities in a crisis.
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages and the economic fallout of the widespread lockdowns continues to harm the livelihoods of millions of people, the November elections are rapidly approaching. In just six months, Republicans will attempt to retake the House of Representatives, retain their majority in the Senate, and ensure that President Trump serves an additional four years in the White House.
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the Right to Test Act, S. 3769, introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). This bill would let states approve coronavirus testing to be used in their state without the interference of the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, FreedomWorks Foundation’s Steve Moore and Jason Pye published a new issue brief, Wage Subsidies: A Multi-Trillion Dollar Market Distortion That America Cannot Afford, outlining the many glaring issues that government wage subsidy proposals would present to our country’s recovery from COVID-19.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to President Trump’s executive order today directing agency heads to remove burdensome regulations that hamper economic recovery from COVID-19, Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks’ President, commented:
The COVID-19 crisis has held the United States in a public health and economic headlock since the start of quarantine periods about two months ago. Each week shows increased job loss, victims of the virus, and emotional health problems. FreedomWorks activists are, sadly, not immune to the devastation inflicted by Coronavirus.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the House passage of Speaker Pelosi’s $3 trillion hyper-partisan “HEROES Act” socialist spending spree, Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks’ President, commented:
Welcome to FreedomWorks Foundation’s seventh regulatory review of 2020! Our Regulatory Action Center proudly updates you with the latest regulatory actions from the swamp. This week, we bring you a special coronavirus edition, highlighting some of the government regulations that have been repealed to fight the pandemic. Check back next week for the next edition.
For decades, our nation has been over-incarcerating individuals who run afoul of the law in a number of different ways. Oftentimes, the things that individuals run afoul of and are incarcerated for should either not be criminal laws at all, or should not be punished criminally to the degree that they are.