TPA Joins Coalition Letter Opposing PROVE IT Act and Carbon Tariffs

This week, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) joined a coalition of more than 40 free market and conservative organizations – led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute – urging the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPWC) to oppose the disastrous PROVE IT Act, which would raise prices for consumers, increase taxes, and punish energy usage. 

“The PROVE IT Act is not a benign government measurement scheme that will exist for knowledge purposes. It would create a detailed carbon-emissions measuring system for domestic and foreign goods, putting into place exactly what is needed to implement a carbon tariff and a domestic carbon tax,” the letter states.

The PROVE IT Act is reportedly up for discussion at the Senate EPWC markup this week.

You can find the full letter and cosigners here.

Read more TPA commentary on carbon tariffs and domestic carbon taxes below:

GOP Senators Support Environmentalist Protectionism

America Shouldn’t Import Europe’s Carbon Tariff

The European Carbon Tariff Fails on Both Environmentalist and Economic Terms