As the 117th Congress reconvenes today for the lame-duck session, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) urges Congress to practice fiscal responsibility and only focus on passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a fiscally responsible budget.
As lawmakers attempt to regulate modified risk tobacco products (MRTP), it is imperative that they understand that the federal government recognizes that tobacco products exist on a spectrum of harm and, since 2009, has offered manufacturers the ability to provide information to market tobacco products as less harmful.
Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released a series of statements highlighting what policies and issues the 118th Congress should prioritize a roadmap for policy reform which reflects
It is strange times in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) when the territory’s non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, Stacey Plaskett jumps to defend the notoriously inept public power authority, Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority WAPA.
Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance called for serious postal reform after the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) posted yet another multi-billion-dollar net loss. America’s mail carrier has lost more than $100 billion over the past fifteen years and continues to shed resources despite an initiative to slow down mail services.
For the past several years, policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels have been trying to address the so-called “youth vaping epidemic,” with many introducing legislation that attempts to ban the sale of flavored tobacco and vapor products. While their intentions are laudable, such policies fail to consider youth use of both tobacco and vapor products is declining, nor the reasons why youth are using tobacco and vape products. Moreover, in localities and states with existing flavor bans, an increase in young adult smoking is happening despite a national overall decline. Rather than instituting draconian bans that ignore innovations in tobacco harm reduction products, Columbus lawmakers should empower their state lawmakers to invest more than 2.1 percent of existing tobacco monies towards tobacco control programs including education, prevention and cessation.
Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released a series of statements highlighting what policies and issues the 118th Congress should prioritize a roadmap for policy reform which reflects
Yesterday, Americans cast their votes for the 2022 Midterm Elections. Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) highlights the top priorities that new leadership should focus on in 118th Congress.
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) urges the newly-elected 118th Congress to put the country on the path toward energy independence by enacting meaningful energy legislation and promoting regulatory reform.
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) urges the new Congress to preserve the integrity of the internet, with a focus on cybersecurity, data privacy, and a light touch regulatory approach.
