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Newsmax: SCOTUS Decision Offers Americans Unrealized Gains

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date November 8, 2024
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Originally published at newmax.com on November 4, 2024. The U.S. Senate investigation into Boeing’s safety practices and the FAA’s ineffective oversight revealed that Boeing, under pressure to prioritize production speed over safety, suffered quality control issues that endangered consumers. Despite these risks, the FAA’s overreliance on industry insiders failed to address Boeing’s deficiencies. The problem is not regulation; the […]

Tags Boeing Company, Chevron doctrine, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Mike Lee, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Newsmax, Non-compete, Overreach, Rand Paul, REINS Act, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), Tim Walz, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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New Interview Alert: Brenner on CFPB Overreach with American Legal Record Podcast

Post author By Liam Gray
Post date May 14, 2024
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Patrick M. Brenner, recently appeared on the American Legal Record Podcast to discuss his views on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its latest regulatory moves. In this insightful interview covered by American Credit News, Patrick delves into the core issues surrounding the CFPB’s recent circular on price comparison shopping sites and critically analyzes […]

Tags American Credit News, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Lead Generators, Lending, Rohit Chopra

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Deseret News: Excessive regulation is fueling a health care crisis in Utah

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 15, 2024
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Recent research has shown that health care consolidations not only lower costs for health care consumers but also improve multiple indicators of quality patient care.

Tags Anti-trust, Blake Moore, Debt, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Finance, Healthcare, Hospitals, House Committee on Ways and Means, John Curtis, Lian Khan, Medical, Patients

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Washington Times: The high cost of prescription drug price controls

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date December 21, 2023
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Components of the Inflation Reduction Act have the very real potential of inflating drug prices with arbitrary price controls. Consumers will pay the price.

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Does the Mother Road Need Big Government?

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date July 20, 2023
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Trait Thompson, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, is now a member of the Route 66 Centennial Commission. Nominated by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the bureaucrat joins representatives from Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and his home state whom The Swamp has tasked to “study and recommend in a report […]

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Report: They Lobby — You Pay

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 17, 2023
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Why and How to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Advocacy

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National Review: The Biden White House Gives Copper the Shaft

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date April 25, 2023
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Mine workers do maintenance work 6,780 feet underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Ariz., March 30, 2021. (Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters)

One of the country’s largest mineral reserves remains unmined amid environmental and legal challenges.