July 6, 2016

U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Representative,

On behalf of the more than one million members and supporters of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW), I urge you to support the following amendments to H.R. 5485, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017:

Rep. Richard Hudson’s (R-N.C.) amendment to prohibit federal regulations from being proposed or finalized until January 21, 2017.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) amendment to cut one percent across the board of the bill’s discretionary spending.

Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) amendment to reduce the salary of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner to $0 annually through January 21, 2017.

Rep. Sean Duffy’s (R-Wis.) amendment to prohibit funds to implement or enforce new regulatory actions with an aggregate cost of $100 million or more for state, local, tribal, or private compliance.

Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-Ariz.) amendment to prohibit funds for performance bonuses to any senior IRS employees.

Rep. Bill Huizenga’s (R-Mich.) amendment to prohibit funds to finalize, implement, or enforce the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Pay Ratio Disclosure rule.

Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-Fla.) amendment to prohibit funds to implement, enforce, or codify the SEC’s “Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change.”

Rep. Sean Duffy’s amendment to decrease the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Treasury by $1 million and transfer those funds to the spending reduction account.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s amendment to prohibit the use of funds to implement or enforce any of the rules proposed by the FCC on March 31, 2016, intended to regulate consumer privacy obligations as a result of the FCC’s Open Internet Order (net neutrality).

Rep. Frank Guinta’s (R-N.H.) amendment to prohibit funds to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to enforce or administer guidance regarding indirect auto lending.

Rep. Scott Garrett’s (R-N.J.) amendment to prohibit funds to designate any non-bank financial companies as “too big to fail” or as a “systematically important financial institution.”

I urge you to oppose the following amendments:

Rep. Xavier Becerra’s (D-Calif.) amendment to strike section 127, which prevents the IRS from issuing guidance to define political activity for 501(c)(4) organizations.

Rep. Anna Eshoo’s (D-Calif.) amendment to strike section 632, which prohibits funds to implement or enforce the Open Internet Order.

All votes on H.R. 5485 will be among those considered in CCAGW’s 2016 Congressional Ratings.

Sincerely, 

Tom Schatz
President, CCAGW