Dear Distinguished Members of the Surface Transportation Board, My name is Dan Savickas and I serve as Government Affairs Manager for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. We are a national nonprofit, nonpartisan taxpayer and consumer advocacy organization dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis and dissemination of information on the government’s effects on the economy.

Chairwoman Cooper, Vice-Chair Newton, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for your time today to discuss the issue of expanding access to eye care using telemedicine. My name is Lindsey Stroud and I am Director of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s (TPA) Consumer Center.

Dear Chairman Blackman, Vice-Chair Nguyen, and distinguished Members of the House Judiciary Committee, My name is Patrick Hedger and I am the Executive Director of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan taxpayer and consumer advocacy organization.