The NCPA has a highly effective office in Washington, D.C. that sponsors Capitol Hill briefings, conferences and testimony by NCPA experts before congressional committees. The NCPA serves as a source of "outside the Beltway" thinking for Capitol Hill deliberations.
Testimonies and Speeches
Jan 29, 2009 |
Reducing Cost And Improving QualityThe market for medical care does not work like other markets. Providers typically do not disclose prices prior to treatment because they do not compete for patients based on price. Payments are usually not made by patients themselves but by third parties - employers, insurance companies or government. |
Sep 16, 2008 |
Comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Environmental Protection AgencyAlthough the ANPR seeks to assess the effectiveness of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as a vehicle to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, we believe it suffers from several defects. We recognize that the EPA is precluded by law from considering the costs of its actions when deciding whether to issue an endangerment finding and subsequently regulate a pollutant. |
Apr 09, 2008 |
Electric Power For Texas: Economic And Environmental ConsiderationsTexas has prospered in recent years. The state's population and economy have grown at a steady pace, and estimates are that this growth will continue. However, as I argued in a recent study published by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, continued economic growth, and the prosperity it brings and spreads, relies upon continued growth in available power. |
Jan 29, 2008 |
State Children’s Health Insurance Program Expansion: Robin Hood in ReverseDevon Herrick - State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansion: Robin Hood in Reverse - Testimony for Submission to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee |
Sep 12, 2007 |
Testimony Concerning the Proposed NAAQS for Ozone: A Proposal that the EPA Take No Action as a Way of Avoiding Doing Great HarmDue to technological improvements and EPA's present standards, Ozone levels are declining and they will continue to do so. Indeed, in the last few years only 19 percent of the nation's metropolitan areas violate EPA's current ozone standard, down from 40 percent just a few years ago. |
Sep 06, 2007 |
The Alternative Minimum Tax Threatens Middle-Income Families: A Fair and Equitable Tax Policy Would Solve the ProblemMr. Chairman and members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to submit testimony on methods to achieve a fair and equitable tax system. My testimony draws heavily from research conducted by scholars at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), particularly from NCPA Brief Analysis numbers 537, 571, and 588 - all of which can be found at the ncpa.org website. |
Jun 21, 2007 |
Modern Families; Outdated LawsThe most significant economic and social change in the past half-century has been the movement of women into the labor market. Since the 1950s, the labor participation rate of women ages 25 to 55 years has increased more than 75 percent. Today, more than 60 percent of mothers with children under the age of six are working. |
Mar 29, 2007 |
Testimony before the Senate Education Committee on Senate Bill 1506Madam Chair, Senators, my name is Bob McTeer. I'm representing the National Center for Policy Analysis, which is a nonpartisan, free-market think tank headquartered in Dallas. Before coming to NCPA, I was Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System for two years, and before that I was President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for 14 years. |
Mar 21, 2007 |
Vaclav Klaus - Answers to questions from the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, Committee on Energy and Commerce, on the issue of mankind's contribution to global warming and climate changeConcerning mankind's contribution to climate change and in keeping with obligations towards the welfare of our citizens: what, in your view, should policymakers consider when addressing climate change? |
Jan 31, 2007 |
Statement on Modern Families; Outdated LawsThe most important problems faced by middle-income working families today are not problems that arise from the nature of our economic system. Instead they are problems caused by outdated public policies. |
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