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Testimony: State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program was not a good use of taxpayer money
The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program was excessive and poorly targeted.
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Testimony: Hawaii should rethink vaping prohibitions
HB 1570, while well-intentioned, could result in significant negative public health impacts.
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Testimony: Proposed railroad industry regulations ignore future automation advancements
Proposed regulations could complicate the supply chain even further during a time of unprecedented shipping congestion.
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Testimony: Banning e-cigarettes in Hawaii could negitively impact public health
The prestigious Cochrane Review concluded e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies for helping smokers quit.
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Testimony: Florida House Bill 971 would allow more investment in alternative assets
Florida House Bill 917 would allow the State Board of Administration to expand investment in the alternative asset market.
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Testimony: Arizona should examine the negative impacts that additional nicotine and licensing regulation would bring
If Arizona wishes to continue to reduce the number of deaths from smoking each year, the power to regulate the legal sale of safer nicotine products should be reserved to the state legislature itself.
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Testimony: The Surface Transportation Board should be concerned by Amtrak expansion
Increasing Amtrak train density is anticipated to cause significant disruptions to freight rail operations.
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Testimony: Why Maine shouldn’t prohibit e-cigarettes
Prohibition of flavored e-cigarettes risks fueling illicit markets, forcing the closure of Maine’s vape shops, and driving vapers back to smoking.
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Testimony: Reviewing proposed changes to Alaska’s Public Employees’ Retirement System
House Bill 55 would attach new public safety employees to a plan that has had trouble with funding spanning back two decades.
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Testimony: Without tolling, PennDOT does not have the ability to rebuild bridges
PennDOT should follow value-added tolling principles to rebuild the state's infrastructure.
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Testimony: Comments on the supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Maryland I-495 and I-270 managed lane project
Due to a change in project scope, MDOT and FHWA needed to provide a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the I-270 and I-495 Managed Lanes Project.
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Testimony on pension garnishment and forfeiture, and future pension policy considerations for Pennsylvania
The sooner plans embrace modern day market realities, the better these important issues can be addressed over the long-term.
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Comments Before the Office of The Secretary of Transportation In the Matter of Transporation Equity Data
Transit may never recover to pre-pandemic travel volumes, but bus transit that tends to serve lower-income people has rebounded much more than rail transit, which increasingly serves affluent professionals in central business districts who are likely to continue working at home in large numbers.
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Testimony: Utah Considers Nicotine Content Limit for E-Cigarettes
Prohibiting e-cigarettes with a nicotine content that effectively competes with combustible cigarettes could prevent smokers from switching to safer alternatives.
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Testimony: Maryland Highways Need Expanded Capacity
Much of Maryland’s infrastructure is more than 50 years old and needs to be modernized.
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Testimony: Rhode Island Legislation Could Ensure Access to Safer Alternatives to Combustible Cigarettes
Rhode Island's continued prohibition of all e-cigarette flavors raises the risk of illicit products falling into the hands of both youth and adults.
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Testimony: Flavored Vaping Bans Could Fail to Improve Public Health
Flavored vaping bans will promote further inequalities in the criminal justice system, push tax revenue to other states, increase illicit trade, and fail to improve public health.
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Testimony: Prohibition of Flavored E-cigarettes Risks Fueling Illicit Market
Prohibition of flavored e-cigarettes, which are overwhelmingly the choice of adult vapers, risks fueling illicit markets, forcing the closure of Rhode Island vape shops and driving vapers back to smoking.
