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STATEMENT: Ken Blackwell on The Passage of Mississippi House Bill 1310
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Washington, D.C. – Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves recently signed into law House Bill 1310, which creates stronger audits, strengthens citizenship requirements, and establishes better voter roll maintenance, re-enforcing Mississippi as a leader in election integrity. Today, the America First Policy Institute released the following statement from Ken Blackwell, Chair of…
View EntryEXPERT INSIGHT: White House Claims that Federal Union Membership Grew Under Biden Appear Incorrect
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In 2021, the Biden Administration created a Task Force to increase union membership. The White House recently released a progress report claiming significant progress towards this goal. This report claimed that: The number of Federal Government employees in a union has increased by nearly 20%. Since the Office of Personnel…
View EntrySTATEMENT: Ken Blackwell on Governor Kemp Signing Senate Bill 222 into law
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Washington, D.C. – Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Ken Blackwell, Chair of the Center for Election Integrity at AFPI, after Governor Brian Kemp signed into law Senate Bill (S.B.) 222, which prohibits private money from being used in elections administration: “I applaud Governor…
View EntryTop America First Solutions in H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act
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The Biden Administration unleashed a humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border by refusing to enforce the law. These reckless policies put the American people last and the Mexican cartels and human traffickers first. The Biden Administration wrongly defines “border security” as additional personnel and resources to process migrants…
View EntryBy the Grace of God and the Bold Leadership of a President I was Given a Second Chance
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Former President Donald J. Trump gave me the second-best gift I’ve ever received; he gave me my freedom. In 2004 at 24 years old, I was arrested for the first time for a nonviolent drug crime and was given two life sentences with no chance of parole. At that time…
View EntrySTATEMENT: House Homeland Security Committee Takes Steps to End the Humanitarian and Security Crisis at the Southern Border
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Following the House Homeland Security Committee mark up and passage out of committee of the Border Reinforcement Act, Chad Wolf, America First Policy Institute’s Executive Director and former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, issued the following statement: “The simple fact is that the Biden Administration has refused…
View EntrySTATEMENT: AFPI on Speaker McCarthy’s Debt Ceiling Plan Passing the House of Representatives
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statements regarding the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 passing the House of Representatives: Statement from Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of AFPI: “Under Speaker McCarthy’s leadership, the House of Representatives has acted decisively to restore fiscal…
View EntrySTATEMENT: AFPI Praises House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Efforts to Increase Transparency and Competition in Healthcare
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Washington, D.C. - Following the announcement by the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health that it will hear legislative solutions to increase transparency and competition in healthcare this week, the America First Policy Institute issued the following statement from Governor Bobby Jindal, Chair of the America First Policy…
View EntryOp-Ed: A Down Payment on Fiscal Sanity
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This article originally appeared in Daily Caller on April 25, 2023 This summer, the U.S. Treasury will exhaust the money in its checking account. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the federal government will run a budget deficit of $1.4 trillion this year, requiring Treasury to engage in additional…
View EntryFACT SHEET: Another Blow to Women’s Sports: A Q&A on The Biden Administration’s Proposed Title IX Athletics Regulation
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BACKGROUND On April 6, the Biden Administration released a draft of its proposed revisions to the Department of Education’s Title IX regulations governing sex-based eligibility criteria in athletics at schools that receive federal aid. The proposal will make it difficult for states, K–12 schools, and colleges to protect the integrity…
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