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Richmond Times-Dispatch: The PRO Act will disempower Virginia workers

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Over 64 million Americans – including over 500,000 Virginians – now engage in some semblance of independent contracting. But the reintroduction of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act in Congress will jeopardize this burgeoning workforce if it passes. U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, a ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, Big …

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RealClear Markets: ESG Posturing Informs Too Much of Biden’s Budget Proposal

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Balancing economic development with environmental stewardship is a defining element of American conservation practices. Yet aligning billions in federal spending to the dangerous Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) philosophy is not a way to achieve harmony here. In fact, the contrary is true. President Joe Biden’s newly-unveiled Fiscal Year 2024 budget, stacked with costly and problematic …

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Washington Examiner: The Biden administration is fearmongering about the environment — again

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The Biden administration is guided by alarmist environmentalism in its rulemaking. From net-zero decarbonization policies to incorporating environmental, social, and governance principles into daily life, the White House leans on detrimental policies at its own peril. Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency is regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or forever chemicals, from existence. But this campaign is far from …

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American Spectator: Federal Reserve Board’s Risky ESG GambleAmerican Spectator

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Despite growing opposition to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment practices, government agencies are colluding with Big Business to mandate the assessment of climate change risk in financial investments. The Federal Reserve Board recently announced a partnership with the nation’s six largest banks to pilot a “climate scenario analysis exercise” to measure and track climate-related financial risks. The program …

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Daily Caller: Elected Officials Can Be Bulwarks Against ESG

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With financial institutions doubling down on their support for Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, the Biden administration is now requiring employers to offer workplace retirement plans that take ESG metrics into account. Lawmakers have an obligation act as bulwarks against this increasingly pervasive movement.  ESG is a set of progressive-aligned principles which dictate that companies adopt and promote distorted …

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Fox Business Interview: Small businesses, freelancers fear IRS agents will target them first: Hurts ‘the smallest among us’

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After the Congressional Budget Office reported that 78 to 90% of revenue from new audits under the Inflation Reduction Act will come from families making less than $200,000 per year, freelancers and small business advocates are voicing concerns they’ll be the IRS’ main target. “I think this is the easiest way for the Biden administration to penalize …

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An Inconvenient Truth: ESG Is Fueling Inflation Woes | RealClear Energy

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Inflation has emerged as the top issue for most Americans ahead of the midterm elections. Rising labor costs, energy prices, and interest rates are increasingly adding to inflationary woes.  And much to the Biden administration’s chagrin, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is the largest driver of inflation. Additionally, Democrats refuse to admit their push for Environmental, Social, and …

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Inside Sources: States Push Back Against ESG Policies

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As energy prices continue to soar with no reprieve in sight, the continued fallout from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles isn’t stopping anytime soon. While the American public is slowly seeing these values for what they indeed are — empty platitudes and virtue signaling — the Biden administration continues to double down on ESG across government …

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RealClear Energy: SEC’s New ESG Rule Hurts America’s Small Farms and Ranches

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As small farming and ranching operations struggle to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic and supply-chain disruptions, the federal government is preparing to throw another hurdle their way.  In March, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), a governmental outfit purporting to “promote a market environment that is worthy of the public’s trust,” proposed a new Environmental, Social, …

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