Daren Bakst is director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment.
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President Donald Trump has shown bold leadership by rejecting the radical global climate agenda. But now some lawmakers, including a handful of Republicans, have set… Read More
LawCommentary
The United States is a republic with decision-making power held by elected legislators representing the people. Yet many of the biggest decisions affecting the lives… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A little-known slush fund at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has become a go-to funding source for billions of dollars of abusive spending in the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Both major political parties agree that America needs permitting reform. Not all reform proposals are helpful, though. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has proposed a permitting… Read More
EnergyCommentary
High gas and diesel prices like those we are experiencing now have sweeping negative economic effects on Americans. Beyond the financial hit at the pump,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Introduction to the ‘What You Need to Know About Gas Prices’ Series High gas and diesel prices have taken their toll on Americans, and despite… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Biden administration should ensure the correct focus of a conference it will host next Wednesday on food-related issues such as nutrition and access to… Read More
Economy Commentary
Last Friday, the House passed the misleadingly named “Inflation Reduction Act,” a massive tax and spend bill that illustrates just how extreme and out of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
In the midst of a recession, with inflation eating away an average of $6,800 in purchasing power from the incomes of families with two workers,… Read More
EducationCommentary
The House Committee on Education and Labor is expected this week to consider legislation known as the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act. HR 8450 is… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Under the U.S. Constitution, only Congress possesses federal lawmaking power. But anyone familiar with the massive administrative state might question whether that’s true in practice…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The following is adapted from the author’s June 14, 2022, testimony before the Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee. The story on food prices keeps getting… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A budget is more than just the sum of its revenues and outlays. It’s also a reflection of the values held by its drafters. Based… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In classic Washington style, liberals in Congress are advancing a bill that most assuredly would make a bad situation much worse. In response to soaring… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As too many American families know from firsthand experience, there’s a baby formula shortage in the United States. While some politicians will surely view the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Food prices are continuing to rise at an alarming rate. The 8.8% year-over-year increase (March 2022 compared with March 2021) is the largest in more… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Supreme Court recently reinstated a Clean Water Act regulation by the Trump administration that helps to prevent states from using reasons other than water… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Environmental extremism in government is increasingly becoming unhinged, both domestically and internationally. Here are three recent examples of this extremism: 1. John Kerry, the Biden… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week released the Consumer Price Index data for February, and it shows prices continuing to increase at an alarming… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Biden administration and its Environmental Protection Agency are continuing their attack on sound science and undermining faith in the regulatory process. In December 2020,… Read More
LawCommentary
For decades, there has been major confusion regarding what waters are regulated under the Clean Water Act. The United States Supreme Court can change this… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has introduced legislation that would game the nation’s regulatory system. Under her bill, regulations primarily… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It makes no sense to say “crony capitalism.” Yet, it has become common jargon, often used when policymakers load up legislation such as the Democrats’… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last year, during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, there were reasonable concerns regarding higher-than-normal meat prices, including poultry. There was nothing nefarious about… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Joe Biden on July 9 issued an executive order, purportedly to promote competition. The order, though, is yet another far-left directive to promote federal… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This week, the House of Representatives is expected to consider its massive $547 billion surface transportation bill. Unfortunately, instead of focusing on how we can… Read More
EconomyCommentary
For many on the left, sound science is sound only when it supports their ideological preferences. We saw that during the Trump administration, when leftists… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If the existing trade disputes with China were not bad enough for American farmers, now another trade action could hurt them. It will also likely… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The House of Representatives is expected this week to take up one of the most egregious immigration amnesty bills in recent memory, the Farm Workforce… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The American food system is a global leader when it comes to productivity, resiliency, and innovation. It provides an abundance of safe and affordable food… Read More
