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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on New Senate Republican Health Reform Bill

Published July 13, 2017

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‘The Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is hardly perfect or even a repeal of Obamacare. However, given the political realities facing the nation and the dire state of the health care market, the BCRA would be a positive step.’ – Justin Haskins
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Names Former Congressman Tim Huelskamp Incoming President

Published June 29, 2017

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Huelskamp Will Succeed Founding President Joseph Bast, Who Has Led the Illinois-based, National Free-Market Think Tank Since 1984 Founding
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Reacts to North Carolina Action on Personal Education Savings Accounts

Published June 29, 2017

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"t has already been a very busy (and good) week for education choice advocates, and this news out of North Carolina is the cherry on the sundae." - Tim Benson
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to Signing of Education Choice Expansion Bill

Published June 28, 2017

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"Florida continues to be one of the leaders in expanding education opportunities for students." - Lennie Jarratt
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to CBO Score of Senate Republicans’ Health Care Bill

Published June 27, 2017

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"Instead of coercion to buy insurance the uninsured do not want to buy, or wasting more trillions on Medicaid, policy should be focused on lowering premiums and expanding choice" - Peter Ferrara
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trinity Lutheran Church Victory at Supreme Court

Published June 26, 2017

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“The Supreme Court once again affirms the free exercise of religion ruling it is unconstitutional to deny a religious institution participation in a state program solely because of its religion.” - Lennie Jarratt
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Senate GOP Health Care Reform Bill

Published June 23, 2017

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“Congressional Republicans are exhibiting willful ignorance of the lessons Obamacare should have taught them. Subsidizing health insurers is not a sound basis for a health care system, in theory or in fact.” - Michael Hamilton
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Planned Protest of Illinois Fracking Project

Published June 23, 2017

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‘It appears these protesters know little about fracking and are seeking only to frighten their neighbors.’ – Isaac Orr
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Wisconsin Passing REINS Act

Published June 15, 2017

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"One small step for legislative responsibility, one giant leap for constitutional restraints on executive authority in Wisconsin." - H. Sterling Burnett
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement

Published June 1, 2017

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"It’s been a long time since we had a president who cared as much about real science, energy policy, and the importance of economic growth" - Joseph Bast
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget

Published May 24, 2017

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" The proposed budget in fact incorporates tax reform by sharply reducing tax rates, as well as repealing and replacing Obamacare, which would cut taxes by about $1 trillion over 10 years." - Peter Ferrara
PRESS RELEASE: Free-Market Scholar and Author Edward Hudgins joins The Heartland Institute

Published May 23, 2017

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‘We’re thrilled to bring on board Ed Hudgins, a researcher and writer known throughout the freedom movement as an original thinker, a talented editor, and someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of public policy.’ – Joseph Bast
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Minnesota Legislature Passing Tax-Credit Scholarships

Published May 18, 2017

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"Private school choice in Minnesota is literally nonexistent, so enacting this tax-credit scholarship program would be a great first step for the North Star State" - Tim Benson
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to FCC’s Move to End Obama-era Net Neutrality Rules

Published May 18, 2017

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"Government-directed net neutrality was, is, and always will be a solution in search of a problem. " - Jim Lakely
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Senate’s Failure to Revoke Methane Emission Rule

Published May 11, 2017

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"This rule does nothing to help the environment, but it does add costs to oil and gas extraction on public lands." - H. Sterling Burnett
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Excluded by Local Organizers of ‘Open Forum’ on Climate Change

Published May 5, 2017

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On Saturday, May 6, North Central College in Naperville, Illinois will be hosting an event organized by Illinois Congressman Bill Foster (D-14) dubbed an “open forum on climate change.”
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to House Passing Replacement for Obamacare

Published May 4, 2017

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"Truly patient-centered, free-market reform would cease from steering tax dollars toward insurers and rewarding individuals with tax credits for buying overpriced insurance plans." - Michael Hamilton
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to 10-Year Fracking Ban in Oregon

Published May 2, 2017

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"Oregon’s legislature is sprinting down the road to stupidity out of misplaced fear fracking is harming drinking water and causing air pollution." - H. Sterling Burnett
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Experts React to Trump’s Order to Expand Offshore Drilling

Published April 28, 2017

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"It’s time for Congress to take back its power and restrain the president by passing laws ensuring America’s lands and resources are managed according to plans specifically approved by Congress." - H. Sterling Burnett
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Tax Plan

Published April 27, 2017

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"Lawmakers should work with Trump to help get the government out of the business of distorting individuals’ economic decisions as much as possible, and the ‘Trump blueprint’ is a great start towards that goal." - Jesse Hathaway
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Pai’s Speech on New Broadband Regulation Rules

Published April 26, 2017

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"If left unchanged, network neutrality would force the FCC to meddle in every broadband pricing, marketing, and sales plan, making for a string of inconsistent and ad hoc rulings." - Steven Titch
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Earth Day and March for Science

Published April 21, 2017

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"I am truly sorry to see a ‘March for Science’ mixed up with all this. It is likely to hurt science and scientists by painting them as purely partisan and political." - S. Fred Singer
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to the Unanimous Passage of House Bill Expanding Education Choice

Published April 20, 2017

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" As a leader in education choice, Florida should next consider universal education choice and open the education market to a vast new array of education opportunities to meet the needs of all students.” - Lennie Jarratt
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Urge President Trump to Withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty

Published April 18, 2017

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"The only people who believe global warming is man-made and dangerous are the scientifically illiterate reporters/activists in the media. The left tried to politicize the science and make a case for their agenda, and they failed." -Joseph Bast

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