FREEDOM LINE BLOG: So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That…
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So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That Does Nothing to Improve Safety At All

America as we know it was built largely upon and because of our rail industry, and today it remains a pillar of our economy.

Unfortunately, a destructive proposal before Congress misleadingly named the "Railway Safety Act" (RSA), part of broader surface transportation reauthorization, threatens great harm to our railroads.

Simply put, the bill has nothing to do with improving safety, but has a lot to do with advancing the political agenda of Big Labor.  At a moment when inflation burdens American families and fragile supply chains remain vulnerable to disruption, the last thing our economy or rail sector need is another costly federal mandate imposed upon one of the nation’s most important transportation sectors.

As an initial matter, as noted by The Wall Street Journal, the…[more]

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Home Press Room Over 20 Center-Right Organizations Urge FCC to Avoid Regulating Programming Rates that Broadcast Affiliates Pay to Broadcast Networks
Over 20 Center-Right Organizations Urge FCC to Avoid Regulating Programming Rates that Broadcast Affiliates Pay to Broadcast Networks Print
Monday, September 08 2025

More than 20 conservative, free-market and/or pro-innovation organizations today sent a letter – led by the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) – to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Brendan Carr expressing support for his deregulatory efforts in the communications sector and respectfully urging him to avoid advancing proposals that would regulate programming rates in the market negotiations between broadcast networks and broadcast affiliates. Such rate regulation could undermine competition and investment in a broadcast sector that the FCC is otherwise working to deregulate.

“We, the undersigned conservative, free-market and pro-innovation organizations, write in support of your efforts to reduce government regulation and involvement in the communications sector. Your work to delete rules that are stifling growth and investment in the sectors overseen by the Federal Communications Commission will help unleash a golden age for America’s economy,” reads the letter.

“It is for that reason that we respectfully urge you to avoid intervening, either directly or indirectly, in the free-market negotiations between broadcast networks and affiliates. Intervention risks de facto rate regulation and other market distortions that would undermine the streak of deregulatory wins that you have championed as FCC chairman,” the letter continues.

Leaders and representatives of the following organizations signed the letter: Center for Individual Freedom, American Commitment, Americans for Tax Reform, Beacon Center of Tennessee, Center for a Free Economy, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), Competitive Enterprise Institute, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy, Consumer Choice Center, Digital Liberty, Frontiers of Freedom, Innovation Economy Institute, CAGW's Innovation and Technology Policy Center, Institute for Policy Innovation, The James Madison Institute, Jersey 1st, Market Institute, National Taxpayers Union, Pelican Institute for Public Policy, SBE Council, and Taxpayers Protection Alliance.  

Read the full letter here (PDF).
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