Letters & Testimony
Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program
August 29, 2013 |
Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) authorized the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles... 
Taxpayer Supports for Biomass in Federal Farm Bill
August 28, 2013 |
For years, proponents of bioenergy and biofuels promised that the industry would help reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, decrease...
Current Agricultural Policy’s Effects on Water Quality
August 21, 2013 |
For more than 75 years, market-distorting agricultural subsidies have produced numerous unintended consequences that have degraded water...
Supporting Passenger Mobility and Choice by Breaking Modal Stovepipes: Comparing Amtrak and Motorcoach Service
July 30, 2013 |
This analysis compares customer costs (fare, travel time) and societal costs (government subsidies, air emissions) associated with twenty specific trips that can currently be taken between select U.S. city pairs on both an Amtrak train and on a scheduled intercity motorcoach bus....
Small Modular Reactors: Federal Subsidies for Mini Nukes
July 23, 2013 |
The Department of Energy (DOE) is asking Congress to provide $452 million in taxpayer subsidies to help license up to two experimental...
Federal Subsidies for the United States Enrichment Corporation
July 08, 2013 |
The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) was established in 1992 as a wholly-owned federal entity until it was privatized in 1998....
DOE Loan Guarantee Program: Vogtle Reactors 3&4
July 02, 2013 |
In February 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) conditionally offered Southern Company and its partners a total of $8.33 billion in...
Golden Fleece: KABATA - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders for Alaska’s Knik Arm Bridge
June 26, 2013 |
Summary
Over the last decade, the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) spent millions of federal taxpayer dollars on a project...
Impact of Ag Subsidies and Record Farm Profits in Farm Country
June 18, 2013 |
Despite last year’s drought, the agriculture sector recorded its second highest year of profits in a generation, down just three percent...
Achieving Measurable Outcomes in Agricultural Conservation Programs
June 14, 2013 |
All federal agricultural programs – including conservation programs - should prove that they are achieving measurable outcomes that...
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