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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
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

By Isaac Orr, Tim Benson, Bette Grande, Steven Milloy, Marc Morano, Tom Harris, Kenneth Haapala, James H. Rust (1933 – 2023), Walter Starck

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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

By Michael Hamilton, Bette Grande, John Davidson

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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

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