Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced Sen. Ted Cruz as the closing keynote speaker during the Friday, March 22nd session of the Texas Policy Summit. Ahead of a potentially historic election year, Sen. Cruz will share his thoughts on the pressing topics top of mind for many Americans, including border security, education, and the...
Press Release February 14, 2024AUSTIN — The Texas Public Policy Foundation released its top ten priorities for the 2025 89th Texas Legislative Session. Among the top reforms for TPPF are creating a strong border force, eliminating property taxes, empowering parents with new educational options for their children, and prohibiting local governments from using tax dollars to pay lobbyists. The...
Press Release February 13, 2024AUSTIN — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took one of its most dramatic steps to date in its assault on American industry and on affordable, reliable energy by lowering the national standard for fine particulate matter, already among the strictest standards in the world, from 12 μg/m3 to 9 μg/m3. The Texas Public Policy...
Press Release February 7, 2024The Texas-led coalition of states, including Montana, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana, stopped efforts by New York and a handful of other liberal states to enter into a friendly “sue and settle” agreement with EPA to needlessly tighten national ambient air quality standards for ozone. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...
Press Release February 6, 2024La Fundación de Políticas Públicas de Texas (TPFF) emitió hoy el siguiente comunicado sobre el supuesto Proyecto de Ley Senatorial de Fronteras, H.R. 815, cuyo texto fue publicado anoche: “Este proyecto de ley no contribuye en absoluto a asegurar nuestra frontera y, si se aprueba, lograría la increíble hazaña de empeorarla aún más”, dijo Greg...
Press Release February 6, 2024The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today issued the following statement on the so-called Senate Border Bill, H.R. 815, whose text was released late last night: “This bill does nothing to secure our border, and if passed would achieve the incredible feat of making it even worse,” said Greg Sindelar, CEO of TPPF. “From empowering...
Press Release February 5, 2024Today, attorneys from the Texas Public Policy Foundation attended a Supreme Court of Texas hearing to determine the constitutionality of Texas Senate Bill 14, which protects children from harmful and experimental medical procedures while safeguarding parental rights. TPPF recently filed an amicus brief affirming that the bill does not infringe on fundamental parental rights protected...
Press Release January 30, 2024AUSTIN — Today, in a partisan move aimed at shoring up President Joe Biden’s support from climate activists, the Biden administration announced a halt to the permitting of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminals. Mark P. Mills, Distinguished Senior Fellow for energy policy with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, released the following statement on the Biden administration’s...
Press Release January 26, 2024The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) commends Governor Greg Abbott for affirming Texas’ authority and responsibility to defend its people and secure its border, even in the face of federal inaction and opposition. “Texas has been at the forefront of an invasion from Mexican cartels and their allies in the Mexican state — and their...
Press Release January 25, 2024Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the administrative stay by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit allowing the U.S. Border Patrol to resume cutting concertina wire installed by the state of Texas to deter and prevent illegal crossings. The case represents one of the many ways the federal government has over the...
Press Release January 23, 2024The Texas Public Policy Foundation is asking the Supreme Court to grant review of its challenge to the constitutionality of the Federal Communication Commission’s “Universal Service Fund.” Millions of Americans pay a fee every month on their phone bills—amounting to nearly $10 billion annually—and the money is put into this “Fund” and redistributed to the...
Press Release January 17, 2024Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced the filing of an amicus brief ahead of the state’s oral arguments on January 30th, defending Texas Senate Bill 14. This crucial legislation protects children from harmful and experimental medical procedures while safeguarding parental rights and must be affirmed as constitutional. “Senate Bill 14 is critical legislation that...
Press Release January 17, 2024