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CAGW and CCAGW Fight to Protect Taxpayers During Coronavirus
While significantly increased spending to the unprecedented coronavirus crisis is understandable, like the $2 trillion bill that Congress just passed, CAGW and CCAGW have been fighting to protect taxpayers with a series op-eds, blog posts, letters to members of Congress and increased social media activity. We are especially concerned that politicians will take advantage of this crisis to pursue their own pet projects and unrelated expenditures. As just one example, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would make permanent changes in many programs that will make the government bigger and more intrusive, and she will be pursing them in the next massive spending bill. Later this week, CCAGW will launch an Action Alert campaign demanding that Congress not waste taxpayer dollars on pet political projects or further politicize the government’s response to coronavirus. Read more about what CAGW and CCAGW are doing during the coronavirus outbreak.
Porker of the Month: Rep. Frank Pallone
Watch CAGW's March Porker of the Month Video
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) Porker of the Month for trying to push more Americans to smoke by banning flavored vaping products. On February 28, the House passed Rep. Frank Pallone’s bill, The Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. The bill would prohibit the sale of all flavored tobacco and vaping products and implement a $9.9 billion tax on vaping products over ten years, destroying thousands of jobs. Rep. Pallone pushed his bill despite the overwhelming evidence that vaping and e-cigarettes are more successful than other over-the-counter methods in helping people to quit smoking. In the United Kingdom, where there is no ban on flavored tobacco products, a March 4 report found that “smoking rates are continuing to fall rapidly and harm from vaping is rare.” By pushing his legislation to ban vaping products, Rep. Pallone is blatantly ignoring the empirical success of getting people to quit smoking. For attempting to create an avoidable health catastrophe, Rep Pallone is the March Porker of the Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month.
CAGW Hosts Livestreams with Rep. Ted Budd
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On March 12, CAGW President Tom Schatz held a conversation on Capitol Hill with Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.). The congressman discussed “Budd's Budget Busters,” a new effort to promote commonsense ways that Congress can cut government waste and save the taxpayers’ money, as well as the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The event aired live on CAGW’s Facebook page. Watch the conversation with Rep. Budd.
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Commentary
“Government Price Controls on Medical Bills Will Harm Patients”
by Tom Schatz, President
Inside Sources
March 31, 2020
“Trump Doesn't Need the Defense Production Act When Manufacturers Are Already Steping Up”
by Elizabeth Wright, Director of Health and Science Policy
Washington Examiner
March 28, 2020
“What Life Would Be Like on Planet Bernie”
by Tom Schatz, President
Economic Standard
March 10, 2020
“Congress is Ultimately to Blame for F-35 Fiasco”
by Sean Kennedy,
Air Force Times
Director of Research
March 2, 2020
In the News ...
Real Clear Politics
(March 26, 2020)
“As Job Losses Soar, Will Rescue Package Save the Economy?”
"Partisanship Explodes as Senate Stumbles Toward $2 Trillion CCP Virus Economic Relief Deal”
(March 23, 2020)
Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson
(March 15, 2020)
Interview with CAGW President Tom Schatz on the National Debt
Washington Examiner
(March 10, 2020)
“GOP Congressmen Introduce Simple Plan to Save Taxpayers $15B”
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