Sep 16, 2019
Every day, The Heritage Foundation holds important events with respected and influential leaders on the most important issues. This week, we have the honor of welcoming Vice President Mike Pence to Heritage for a major speech on free trade between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Pence’s speech will be streamed live from Heritage.org <[link removed]> at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 17, for you to view. For a refresher on the USMCA and Heritage’s assessment of it, you can read our report <[link removed]>.
Constitution Day 2019
Tomorrow is Constitution Day. Even though the United States of America is a relatively young country, the U.S. Constitution is the oldest national constitution in continual use in the world. By articulating stable principles rather than detailed rules, the Founders gave us a timeless guide for good governance. This week, The Heritage Foundation will be kicking off our 10th annual Preserve the Constitution series, in which the nation’s most respected judges, legal scholars, lawyers, and policy analysts give insightful analysis and perspective to the big issues of the day. Watch the first event online today starting at noon EDT <[link removed]>. For more information about the thought and reasoning behind the Constitution, visit our interactive Heritage Guide to the Constitution <[link removed]>.
Breaking Down America’s Biggest Issues
In today’s busy world, it’s easy to lose sight of what really matters. In order to shine a light on some of America's biggest issues, Heritage recently released a series of 10 short videos that explain some of the top challenges facing our country. The series covers issues like immigration reform, marriage, and health care. It breaks down what religious freedom is and what’s at stake if we lose it, why college costs are out of control, and much more. The videos were so successful that Heritage just released an accompanying podcast. Watch the full series of videos or listen to the podcast episodes <[link removed]>.
Combating Climate Change AlarmismThe United Nations 2019 Climate Action Summit is set to kick off in New York later this
month and conservatives can expect to hear more apocalyptic warnings and climate change alarmism. “We’re now being told we only have 12 years to combat climate change and the solution is to fundamentally dismantle the system of free enterprise,” says Nick Loris, deputy director of Heritage’s Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and the Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow in energy. “That means Washington controls things like how we produce our energy, what food we eat, and what type of cars we drive. The question is, even if we believed their alarmist, catastrophic predictions, would their proposals work?” There is a right way to ensure a cleaner environment, says Loris, and big-government solutions are not the answer. Read or watch his explainer <[link removed]>.
HAPPENING AT HERITAGE
Heritage President Kay Coles James traveled to California last week for a series of meetings and events with Heritage supporters. While there, she delivered the keynote address at The Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley in Mountain View, California. Learn more here <[link removed]>.
James also honored the memories of our fellow Americans who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. She writes in her Washington Times column, “We also remember the acts of heroism of America’s first responders, our armed forces and average Americans. Other individuals, often overlooked, were also instrumental both that day and during America’s recover afterward: this country’s federal civilian workforce.” Read her commentary <[link removed]>.
Hollywood has taken note of Heritage visiting fellow Virginia Walden Ford. Learn more about her story and the movie release. Learn more <[link removed]>.
Kiron Skinner, Ph.D., joined The Heritage Foundation as a visiting fellow for the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy. Her work at Heritage will focus on analyzing how cutting-edge technology—including artificial intelligence, quantum science, and a host of other breakthroughs—will impact foreign policy and national security. Skinner is the author or editor of seven books, two of which (“Reagan, In His Own Hand” and “Reagan, A Life in Letters”) were New York Times best-sellers. She served as director of policy planning at the Department of State and senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, where she played a central role in creating the secretary’s Commission on Unalienable Rights and rechartering the Foreign Affairs Policy Board.
Anthony Campau, former chief of staff and counselor of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the White House, returned to The Heritage Foundation as a visiting fellow in regulatory policy. He will work to develop and advance substantive and structural regulatory reform proposals. Previously, Campau helped to lead the Trump administration’s regulatory reform initiatives at OIRA—long regarded as “the most powerful office you’ve never heard of.”
Brian Blase, Ph.D., is also returning to The Heritage Foundation as a visiting fellow, focusing on health care and entitlement policy. Previously, Blase was a special assistant to President Donald Trump for economic policy. He served on the White House’s National Economic Council, where he led work to create and implement health policy initiatives to lower Americans’ costs and improve choices, including health reimbursement arrangements; short-term, limited-duration health plans; and association health plans. He started his health policy career at Heritage, serving as a policy analyst and graduate fellow.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday at noon, Heritage will host an event to discuss the left's war on judicial independence as part of it’s “Preserve the Constitution” event series. Panelists include Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network; John Yoo, the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law; and Thomas Jipping, deputy director of Heritage’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Watch the event live. <[link removed]>
Monday at 1:30 p.m., Heritage will host an event to discuss how the United States should respond to China’s rising influence in the United Nations. Panelists include Dean Cheng, a senior research fellow in Heritage’s Asian Studies Center; Victoria Holt, managing director of The Henry L. Stimson Center; and Brett Schaefer, the Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs in Heritage's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. Watch the event live. <[link removed]>
Wednesday at 9 a.m., Heritage and the Observer Research Foundation, a prominent independent Indian think tank, will host a two-day event at Heritage to discuss the future of Indo-U.S. relations. It will feature keynotes from U.S. and Indian lawmakers. Learn more about the event. <[link removed]>
HERITAGE PODCASTS
This week on the “Heritage Explains” podcast, host Tim Doescher travels to New Zealand and explores the similarities and the differences between America and New Zealand, why a strong relationship with New Zealand is important, and why freedom works so well for a country with a "sheep to person ratio" of 6-to-1. Listen to the podcast <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE IN THE NEWS
Here are the highlights from the TV news shows featuring Heritage experts. This week, they touched on hot topics like Brexit, North Korea, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and more. Watch the video <[link removed]>.
POLICY PICTURE
Tomorrow marks 231 years since the most influential set of American laws were enacted. Happy Constitution Day!
Do you own a copy of the Constitution? Email us at [email protected] <[link removed]>

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