Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
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Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
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Dear Representative,
As you know, the House of...
The federal government does not know the value of hardrock minerals being extracted from public lands, a new report by the Government...
The House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing November 30th to discuss the development...
“It turns out acquisition reform is hard,” said Undersecretary of Defense Frank Kendall at yesterday’s rollout of the Defense...
The following is a statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense at a press conference concerning SA 2201, an...
Taxpayers for Common Sense, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Reason Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, and Natural Resources Defense...
TCS Hill Briefing: Don’t Drill and Drive: Weakening the “User-Pays” Highway Funding Principle Would Endanger Our Nation’s Transportation...
Ms. Ryan Alexander
President Taxpayers for Common Sense Written Testimony submitted to the United States House of...
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to several senators regarding S. 1775, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act...
Statement of Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense in response to Department of Interior release of the Supplement to...
Ms. Ryan Alexander
President Taxpayers for Common Sense Written Testimony submitted to the United States House of...
Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee asking committee members to oppose...
Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue concerning Federal Oil and Gas Valuation....
With little debate, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed by voice vote a bill to create the Clean Energy Deployment...
On March 3, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense President Ryan Alexander testified at a House Committee on Oversight and Government reform...
The House of Representatives is debating a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2011 (through...
Last week, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation to eliminate an unnecessary giveaway for mining companies that cost...
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the schedule of rental fees it will charge for development of solar generation...
Oil and Gas companies have skirted millions of dollars in payments owed to the federal government for the extraction of natural gas from...
This morning, Interior Secretary Salazar announced that he will end the mismanaged and wasteful Minerals Management Service’s (MMS)...
A recent GAO report found that there are at least 161,000 abandoned mines in western states. The research, conducted in the states of...
Today, the House took an historic step towards addressing climate change by passing The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009....
Congressman Rahall has introduced legislation, H.R. 699 to reform the law that governs the mining of gold, silver, copper, uranium and...
The controversial National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), located in a former department store in the congressional district of Rep....
Despite the federal government’s recognition that “any significant production of oil shale is not likely to occur for a number of years,”...
A report released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concludes that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is at risk of...
A new report finds that the federal oil and gas systems inability to adapt royalty rates or lease contracts to market conditions could...
Government officials responsible for the collection of billions of dollars of oil royalties to the federal treasury accepted gifts from...
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today estimates taxpayers will lose up to $53 billion from Gulf of Mexico oil...
Washington, D.C. – Today Senators Feingold (D-WI), Sununu (R-NH), Cantwell (D-WA), and Gregg (R-NH) led a bi-partisan push for the...
Fair Compensation for Taxpayers
For more than eight decades the coal, oil, and natural gas industries have all paid royalties for the...
Overview
Under the General Mining Law of 1872, mining companies pay no royalties to the federal government for hardrock minerals...
Good morning Chairman Rahall and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Ryan Alexander...
“Now, we don’t think oil companies need tax incentives or subsidies to drill for oil at $70 a barrel, or for that matter at $25.” Wall...
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance in the United States, and study after study shows that despite spending billions of...
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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