Letters & Testimony

Taxpayers Must Not Carry Water for Bad Projects: Comments on the Draft Principles and Standards for Water Resource Projects

Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Federal Register concerning revisions to how the nation's water resources are...

TCS Action Letter: OPIC - Stop Corporate Welfare

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action released a letter to the House urging support for legislation introduced by Representatives...

Ensuring Taxpayer Losses

TCS Vice President Steve Ellis was invited to testify before a House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee holding a hearing...

TCS Action Letter: Blanket Tax Credit Extensions a Bad Deal for Taxpayers

This afternoon, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action sent a letter to the Senate opposing blanket tax credit extensions in the Tax Extenders...

TCS Action Letter: Liquid Coal Tax Credits Are Money Losers for Taxpayers

Today Taxpayers for Common Sense Action  released a letter to the Senate opposing the inclusion of generous tax breaks for liquid coal in...

Representatives Murphy and Garrett Introduce Bill to End the Wasteful Market Access Program

Today TCS Action released a letter to Congress supporting H.R. 4683, the Scrap the MAP Act. The legislation is co-sponsored by...

TCS Letter in Opposition to Potentially Costly Water Bill

Today the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on  Water and Power held a hearing on H.R. 4225, a bill sponsored by Rep....

Joint Letter Urging Administration Not to Increase Risky Loan Guarantee Program

      President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500   Dear Mr. President:...

TCS Letter Supporting the Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2009

This week TCS released a letter to Congress supporting the Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2009 ....

TCS Letter to Congress on Salmon Solutions and Planning Act

This week TCS released a letter to Congress supporting the Salmon Solutions and Planning Act. The legislation was introduced by...

Engineering Boondoggles

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