Letters & Testimony

Joint Letter to Congress: Don’t Extend Loan Guarantee Program in the Continuing Resolution

  Dear Representative, On behalf of our combined memberships, we urge you to oppose any time extensions for the Department of...

TCS Action Letter to the Senate:  Oppose Subsidies to the Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Industries

In a letter to each Senator, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges the Senate to oppose any effort to provide additional subsidies to...

TCS Action Letter to the Senate on Defense Authorization Bill

The following is a letter from Taxpayers for Common Sense Action prior to upcoming Senate vote on the Defense Authorization Bill for...

Joint Letter to the President on Suspension of Ethanol Tariff

Joint Letter to the President on Suspension of Ethanol Tariff The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of...

TCS Testimony: Fiscal Implications of Border Security Strategies

Testimony of Laura Peterson, Senior Policy Analyst for Taxpayers for Common Sense before the House Subcommittee on National Parks,...

Oppose Blank Check Loan Guarantees in Final Energy Bill

Dear Senator, We urge you to oppose the inclusion of language in the final energy bill exempting the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan...

TCS Requests Ethics Investigation of Coconut Road Earmark

The Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Chairwoman The Honorable Doc Hastings, Ranking Member House Committee on Standards of Official...

Ask Senator Stevens to Give Up Committee Assignments

Dear Leader McConnell: I'm writing to request that you ask Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) to temporarily recuse himself from his...

Testimony - Federal Crop Insurance Program

Testimony of Steve Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's hearing on...

Written Testimony Royalties at Risk Hearing before House Natural Resources Committee

Good morning Chairman Rahall and members of the committee.  Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.  My name is Ryan Alexander...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...