But, as Obamacare itself has demonstrated, Washington does not represent the source and summit of all the accumulated wisdom in health care policy. States are desperate for the opportunity to innovate, and create new policies in the marketplace of ideas—not have more programs foisted upon them by Washington, as the Rules Committee amendment attempts to do.
If Congress is looking to promote real federalism and give states more control over health care, they should do it the right way—by affirmatively repealing all of Obamacare, including the Title I federal mandates and regulations that have taken such control out of their hands in the first place.
Kathleen Hartnett White testimony before the Senate Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs Committee on SB 225
The burning platform that is consuming health care is not made of venal insurance executives, uncaring doctors, or gouging pharmaceutical companies. The burning platform is federal control — Washington itself.
Public safety regulations should be based on evidence, not fear-mongering rhetoric. It’s time to send a message to cities that stifle innovation and strangle economic opportunity: don’t drive out ride-sharing.
The WOTUS rule has less to do with clean water and more to do with asserting federal authority over private land use.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in his State of the State speech, “We must continue to cut the business franchise tax until it fits in a coffin.” He is correct, and legislators from both sides of the aisle are making that case. After cutting the franchise tax rates by 25 percent last session for savings...
Texans are eager for meaningful, long-lasting pension reform. A recent poll conducted by Texans for Local Control asked registered voters in Houston to provide their views on pension reform, and an overwhelming majority said they embraced change. Big change. One of the poll’s biggest findings was that Houstonians widely support transitioning new employees to a...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott made waves recently when he voiced support for a “broad-based law” that would preempt onerous local regulations unless specific standards had been met first proving the regulation had merit. The Governor’s rationale for this sort of pre-emptive regulation is grounded in the notion that Texas is being “California-ized” with a patchwork...
In a monumental win for businesses and consumers, the Laredo city council recently voted to allow ridesharing companies, like Uber and Lyft, to continue operating without government regulation while also removing the red tape on taxicabs. The council’s unanimous decision to approve the motion levels the playing field for ridesharing and taxicab companies. Instead of...
Written Testimony to the House Public Health Committee by Brandon Logan, J.D., CWLS
Testimony before House Ways & Means Committee for HB 28 by Dr. Vance Ginn, Economist in the Center for Fiscal Policy