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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Arizona’s Expansion of School Choice

Published April 7, 2017

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"Every state should follow Arizona in allowing students to find the education they need to excel." - Lennie Jarratt
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute President Replies to Reps. Grijalva, Johnson, and Scott

Published April 3, 2017

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‘Is this a belated April Fool’s Day joke? If not, it should be. This is hilarious.’ -- Joseph Bast
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Maryland Legislature Passing Fracking Ban

Published March 29, 2017

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"Maryland’s legislators, and its governor by signing the bill, chose image over substance and alarmism over realism in banning fracking." - H. Sterling Burnett
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order

Published March 28, 2017

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‘For many of us who were marginalized, ignored, or demonized for the past eight years, this is an occasion for real joy, celebration, and yes, vindication.’ – Joseph Bast
PRESS RELEASE: Global Warming Skeptics Gather in Washington, DC to Celebrate Victories, Plot Next Steps

Published March 23, 2017

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‘The most important event to educate Washington, DC on climate science since President Trump took office.’ – Myron Ebell
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to GOP Obamacare Reform Bill

Published March 7, 2017

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The House GOP leadership plan attempts to herd patients toward insurance markets, reinforcing the federal government’s confusion between ‘health insurance’ and ‘health care.’" -Michael Hamilton
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump’s Plan to Cut EPA Budget by 25 Percent

Published March 3, 2017

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“EPA’s budget was much too big in 1991, when it was $6 billion, the same as is now proposed by the Trump administration.” – Joseph Bast
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Publishes New Booklet on Vaping as Alternative to Smoking

Published March 1, 2017

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Dr. Brad Rodu, lead author of Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Public Policy Toward Alternatives to Smoking, has been at the forefront of tobacco harm reduction research and policy development for more than 20 years.
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump’s Executive Order to Rescind WOTUS Rule

Published February 28, 2017

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"I think America needs an EPA, but we need an EPA that’s focused on protecting the environment, not on satisfying the whims of environmentalists" - Rich Trzupek
PRESS RELEASE: Prevailing-Wage Reform Bill Gives Taxpayers More Bang for Their Buck

Published February 28, 2017

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"Ohio lawmakers should follow the example set by lawmakers in Kentucky--a state in which prevailing-wage reform was recently approved and signed into law--and actively seek pro-taxpayer reforms" - Jesse Hathaway
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Confirmation of Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator

Published February 17, 2017

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‘Pruitt brings to the position a record of extraordinary competence, managerial skill, experience with environmental issues from the perspective of a state official, and, importantly, expertise in constitutional law.’ – Bette Grande
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Defeat of North Dakota Dental Therapy Licensure Bill

Published February 8, 2017

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“The entrenched special-interest groups of dentists who opposed this measure may now congratulate themselves for robbing each other of a chance to innovate, grow their practices, and treat needy patients.” - Michael Hamilton
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline

Published February 8, 2017

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"This is a common-sense approval that is long overdue. This pipeline will make it easier for domestic oil producers to compete in a global marketplace." - Isaac Orr
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Confirmation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

Published February 7, 2017

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‘The status quo in American education must be broken, and Betsy DeVos is the first nominee for the Department of Education who might actually break it.’ – Bruno Behrend
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Proposal to Speed FDA Drug Approvals

Published February 1, 2017

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“The Trump administration’s commitment to cutting the existing costly and sometimes deadly red tape is a vital and most welcome first step toward reducing skyrocketing pharmaceutical prices” - Justin Haskins
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute to Host Climate Conference in Washington, DC March 23-24

Published January 30, 2017

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Twelfth International Conference on Climate Change Will Focus on ‘Resetting U.S. Climate Policy’ for the Trump Administration
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipeline Executive Orders

Published January 24, 2017

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“This is a big win for the American people, and the science shows that not a single polar bear will die because of it.” - S.T. Karnick
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Arrest of College Students Distributing Constitutions at Public College

Published January 23, 2017

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"The students at ... are heroes of the movement to protect free speech on America’s college campuses, and they should be applauded for their refusal to accept the mandates of a clearly tyrannical college administration." - Teresa Mull
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Rick Perry Hearing for Energy Secretary

Published January 19, 2017

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"With Perry at the helm of the Department of Energy, protecting the nation’s energy security – rather than fighting the hobgoblin of human-caused climate change – should once again become the prime goal of the department" - H. Sterling Burnett
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Voice Support for Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator

Published January 18, 2017

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"None can be placed in a position superior to Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump’s choice to manage the U.S. EPA and return it to the level of excellence intended for it on behalf of the American people." - Jay Lehr
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. House Passing the REINS Act

Published January 13, 2017

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"The REINS Act helps restore the proper balance of power by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations, thereby increasing accountability and transparency in the federal regulatory process." - David Applegate
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute, National Tax Limitation Committee Urge Trump, Lawmakers to Expand Education Choice

Published January 13, 2017

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Latest Paper – Documenting How Education Choice Boosts Student Achievement and Economic Growth – is Part Seven of a Multi-part ‘Roadmap for the 21st Century’ Series.
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Maryland Officials’ Letter to Ban Fracking

Published January 12, 2017

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“A ban on fracking in Maryland would be based on scary stories, not on science.” - Isaac Orr
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Today’s ‘Day of Denial’ Protests by Radical Environmental Groups

Published January 9, 2017

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"Few people are better suited to undertake the radical reforms necessary to bring the federal regulatory behemoth to heel." - H. Sterling Burnett

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