Giovanetti Scores Texas's 85th Legislature (Audio: Interview)
As the Texas legislative session begins wrapping up, Tom Giovanetti joins 660 AM – The Answer’s Mark Davis to give legislators a scorecard on how well they did advancing a free market agenda in the Lone Star State.
Obama-Era CAFE Standards Claim Ford's CEO (Audio: Interview)
Ford's CEO is out, in part from onerous and unrealistic CAFE standards which are forcing car manufacturers to build small, fuel-efficient cars very few people want. IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews joins KMED's Bill Meyer to discuss what President Trump should do to boost the U.S. auto industry.
Trump’s Budget Cuts (Audio: Interview)
President Trump’s budget is out and slashes spending on many entitlement and welfare programs, including Medicaid. IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews gives his take with Ed Dean on WBOB.
FCC Votes to Return to Light-Touch Internet Regulatory Approach (Audio: Internet)
Tom Giovanetti joins Genesis Communications Network's Mike Siegel to discuss the FCC's vote to reverse course on heavy-handed, Obama-era internet regulations and return to the pro-growth, light-touch regulatory approach that originally allowed the internet to wildly flourish.
Healthcare Reform, Omnibus, Title II Reversal & More (Audio: Interview)
Tom Giovanetti joins "America Can We Talk?" to discuss the FCC's upcoming rollback of the Obama-era's onerous Title II internet regulations, the Republican health care reform deal, and the recently passed omnibus spending bill.
Obamacare Rollback Grants States Freedom to Opt Out (Audio: Interview)
Dr. Merrill Matthews joins WINA's Rob Schilling to discuss the Obamacare rollback just passed by the House of Representatives, and how its federalist approach means greater freedoms for states choosing to opt out of some of Obamacare's onerous regulations.
Guaranteed Issue Provision is the Beating Heart of Obamacare (Audio: Interview)
IPI resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews joins 660 AM- The Answer's Mark Davis to make an appeal to Republican lawmakers still wedded to the guaranteed-issue mandate for individual market policies. By reforming the preexisting condition mandate, everything else falls in line and keeps the health insurance market stable, says Matthews.
Progress on the Republican Repeal-and-Replace Effort (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses on the Ed Dean Radio Show on Jacksonville's WBOB the latest on Republicans' Obamacare repeal-and-replace effort and whether they have the votes this week to pass it.
Will GOP Healthcare Bill's Federalist Approach Be Enough to Win Over Support? (Audio: Interview)
IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews joins KMED's Bill Meyer to examine what we know of the new Republican healthcare reform compromise, the federalist approach it uses, its chances of success in Congress, and when GOP leadership may bring it to a vote.
Renegotiating NAFTA? (Audio: Interview)
On 660 AM- The Answer, IPI president Tom Giovanetti discusses with Mark Davis the willingness of President Trump to either renegotiate or ultimately pull out of NAFTA, and what surprising effects such a move would have on U.S. trade.