Author name: Tex Fischer

With families struggling under the weight of crippling inflation, a looming recession, and unrest proliferating around the world, Americans are looking for real solutions to the crises at hand. Fortunately, the solution is both simple and possible: End the Biden administration’s destructive war on U.S. energy production. How do we do that? We can start …

Pass Lower Energy Costs Act and let Pennsylvania power a prosperous future Read More »

On Sunday, U.S. Energy Envoy Amos Hochstein called U.S. shale investors “un-American” for refusing to ramp up drilling. Meanwhile, the Biden administration has done nearly everything in its power to put American producers out of business. The Biden administration continues to weaponize access to capital. They do this through woke Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies and …

Let’s Hope African Leaders Will See Through The Biden Admin’s Anti-Prosperity Agenda Read More »

Cooking with gas has become the epicenter of a recent political firestorm. Comments from Biden-appointed Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka indicating a potential gas stove ban over spurious health concerns led to hasty backtracking from the administration and sympathetic media voices. “No, Biden is Not Trying to Ban Gas Stoves,” protested the New York Times, helpfully noting “that any …

Banning Gas Stoves? That’s Too Many Government Cooks In Your Kitchen Read More »

While serving as a U.S. ambassador to Denmark during the Trump administration, my fellow ambassadors and I warned our European allies not to rely on Russian energy imports. We knew that Russia views energy as a commodity that can and has been weaponized, and we led diplomatic efforts with Copenhagen and other major European capitals to stop …

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Washington, D.C. – The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today announced the addition of former U.S. Ambassador Carla Sands as Vice Chair of the Center for Energy & Environment. Ambassador Sands will serve alongside former Secretary of Energy and former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Ambassador Sands brings decades of private-sector and senior government experience, including as …

Former U.S. Ambassador Carla Sands Joins America First Policy Institute as Vice Chair of the Center for Energy and the Environment Read More »

Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats have made $4 a gallon gas the new normal; it doesn’t have to be! The Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted and exacerbated the energy crisis at home. While the Biden administration and Democrats in Washington have been laying the blame for high gas prices at the feet of the …

Carla Sands: Turn the lights back on for domestic energy production Read More »