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WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released the following statement from Executive Director Jessica Anderson following the Senate’s passage of the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn President Biden’s student loan debt bailout rule. “By passing the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn Biden’s student loan bailout, the Senate and the House have taken an important step to protect Americans from the administration’s...

As a long-standing policy position, we have consistently called for dollar-for-dollar cuts and reforms commensurate with any debt ceiling increases. This bill does not do that. This bill suspends the debt ceiling until 2025, enabling President Biden and a divided Congress to generate an estimated $4 trillion in new federal debt.

Americans are currently feeling the compounding effects of years of reckless fiscal policy through high inflation and sluggish economic growth. Any increase in the debt ceiling needs to address these problems in a substantive way, as the current path is unsustainable. The Fiscal Responsibility Act fails to meet this standard, as it falls short of the demands that have been outlined by Heritage Action since January: cap and cut overall...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, including thousands of North Carolinians, released the following statement from Janae Stracke, Vice President of Field Operations, commending the North Carolina General Assembly’s passage of House Bill 750, legislation that clarifies fiduciary duty and prohibits asset managers from considering ESG factors when making investment decisions. “As the Left continues to take over major corporations and use them...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, including thousands of Arizonans, released the following statement from Janae Stracke, Vice President of Field Operations, supporting the Arizona Legislature’s efforts to protect Arizona public funds from the ESG movement by passing SB 1500, despite Governor Katie Hobbs’s veto of the bill. This legislation would have clarified fiduciary duty and required that asset managers only consider financial...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Executive Director Jessica Anderson urging Congress to fight Biden’s Politicization of the NDAA by including relevant pro-life amendments at the full committee level. “In October 2022, President Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bypassed Congress and the federal rulemaking process with a memo announcing that taxpayer funds would be used for paid time off...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Executive Director Jessica Anderson celebrating the one year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, where the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not grant the right to abortion and returned to states the ability to decide their own laws regarding life. “The one year anniversary of the Dobbs ruling celebrates...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, including thousands of North Carolinians, released the following statement from Executive Director Jessica Anderson praising the North Carolina General Assembly for overriding Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 750, legislation that clarifies fiduciary duty and prohibits asset managers from considering ESG factors when making investment decisions. “Hardworking North Carolina families and retirees deserve to have the...

National Defense Authorization Act

When the Executive unlawfully wields power, it is the duty of the people’s Legislature to rein in the abuse and return policy back to the voters’ will. Heritage Action urges members of Congress to pass the Jackson/Roy amendment, de-politicize the military, and preserve America’s decades-long policy of ensuring taxpayer dollars are not used to fund abortions.

WASHINGTON – Today, Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Acting Executive Director Ryan Walker following the submission of over 15,000 comments from grassroots activists on President Biden’s proposed regulations on gas cars. “Once again, President Biden’s EPA has weaponized the federal rulemaking process to impose damaging regulations on hardworking American families by restricting their ability to buy gas cars. Squeezing gas...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Acting Executive Director Ryan Walker ahead of the House’s full consideration of the FY24 NDAA.“Through consideration of the FY24 NDAA, Congress has an obligation to block Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s illegal pro-abortion policy and reestablish the integrity of the DoD’s mission to provide military readiness needed to deter war and secure our nation...

After the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs, President Biden declared his intent to further his pro-abortion agenda through every means possible. In October 2022, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo outlining new policies—without established authority from Congress—to use taxpayer funding for time off, lodging, and travel expenses for elective abortions. To implement the stated goals of the memo, the Department of Defense (DoD) unilaterally released directed policies on February...

The FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is an important step to returning the Department of Defense (DoD) to its fundamental mission, strengthens military readiness, improves lethality of our armed forces, and provides crucial support to the men and women who serve our country everyday. The underlying legislation—and important amendments adopted through robust floor debate—represent a needed refocus on policies and authorities to defend and secure our nation.

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Acting Executive Director Ryan Walker commending the Iowa Legislature and Governor Kim Reynolds for passing and enacting HF 732. “As pro-abortion activists and organizations continue to challenge pro-life laws in the courts, states like Iowa are leading the charge in fighting back. Following a special session, the Iowa Legislature and Governor Reynolds passed...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Acting Executive Director Ryan Walker following its victories in legal actions relating to efforts by Campaign Legal Center (CLC) to wrongly force disclosure of the names and addresses of Heritage Action’s confidential grassroots supporters: “This legal victory presents a milestone in the ongoing fight against a weaponized federal government. Over the past several...

Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations: Policy & Spending Year after year of runaway federal spending and weaponized power grabs by the Left have paved the way for our current economic state. Annual budget deficits are at record levels, a self-inflicted inflation crisis caused a destructive increase in interest rates, and we now own a historic national debt exceeding $32.5 trillion. As Congress undergoes another year of debate on federal spending, both...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Acting Executive Director Ryan Walker following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s advancement of the misleadingly named “Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act,” legislation that would create opportunities for individuals and political interests to attack the institution of the U.S. Supreme Court and individual conservative justices. “Designed to delegitimize the Supreme Court, Senate Judiciary...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, including thousands of Michiganders, released the following statement from Acting Executive Director Ryan Walker condemning Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s signature of HB 4616 and HB 4617 into law. “Instead of providing compassionate care to children struggling with gender dysphoria, Governor Gretchen Whitmer would rather prioritize a radical political agenda that pushes harmful gender ideology. HB 4616 and...

WASHINGTON – Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million grassroots activists, released a statement from Acting Executive Director Ryan Walker following the consideration of the Hawley/Risch/Wicker amendment to establish a special investigative team to conduct oversight on U.S. aid to Ukraine as part of the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). “Last night, Senate Democrats blocked a Hawley/Risch/Wicker amendment to advance serious and effective accountability and oversight measures...