Op-Ed: No Credit

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This article originally appeared in American Mind on March 14, 2023 When the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Board of Trustees passed a unanimous resolution calling on campus leaders to “accelerate” the “development of a School of Civic Life and Leadership” in late January, Belle Wheelan, president…

STATEMENT: AFPI Commends Bill Requiring Transparency and Integrity in Education

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement commending state-level legislation that protects parents rights while promoting transparency and integrity in education. “I can think of no greater blessing than raising my children. Sure, it was challenging, and some days even felt impossible. But,…

Op-Ed: Chinese officials knowingly permitted COVID-19 virus to spread around the world.

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This article originally appeared in Washington Times on March 13, 2023 According to the Biden administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy, because the Cold War “is definitely over,” we now live in a “new era of competition.” We are competing with China in this new era as a “strategic competitor.” This…

FACT SHEET: How Fentanyl Enters American Communities

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Debunking False Claims about Fentanyl At the Border Facts from Recent House Committee Hearings:

Op-Ed: Biden Bungles Our Security While China Mediates Saudi-Iran Peace

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This article originally appeared in Newsmax on March 10, 2023 In what may be the biggest diplomatic setback for the United States in decades, China has negotiated an agreement to restore diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Under this agreement, Iran and Saudi Arabia will reopen their embassies; they’ve…

Evaluating the Biden Administration’s Budget Proposals

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STATEMENT: AFPI Applauds the Passage of Arkansas Education Reform 

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Washington, D.C. — Today, America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement after Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the LEARNS Act, an education bill that will increase teacher pay, reform early education, and expand school choice for all students. “Every American student deserves the opportunity to receive a…

Op-Ed: Modernize Medicare Without Cutting Benefits or Raising Taxes

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Let’s begin with three indisputable facts. First, the Medicare hospital trust fund is projected to run out of money in 2028, triggering a 10% payment cut for medical providers that will get larger as the imbalance between payroll tax collection and Part A benefits grows. Second, this type of indiscriminate,…

NEWS RELEASE: AFPI Calls for Congressional Action to Protect American Farmland from China

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Steve Yates, Chair of the China Policy Initiative at the America First Policy Institute, on the importance of quick legislative action to protect America’s agricultural land from hostile foreign takeover: “Our agricultural land and farmers…

Statement in Support of Congressional Resolution Disapproving D.C. Council’s Criminal Code Act

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Washington, D.C. – Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Pam Bondi, former Attorney General of Florida, and Matt Whitaker, former Acting Attorney General of the United States, Co-Chairs of the America First Policy Institute’s Center for Law and Justice, issued the following joint statement…