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 …
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 …
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 »
As a student of history and a proud conservative, I have always taken pride in the American belief in personal liberty. The power of the individual to determine their own fate is critical to every aspect of the American ethos. We read books about heroes accomplishing great deeds against the odds, watch as our athletes …
Certainly, students throughout Pennsylvania and our country are falling behind in the classroom. The disruption to classrooms caused by the pandemic exacerbated this, but this is no new problem. At the end of a school year where we found more students falling behind than ever before, it is well past time that we change the …
Op-Ed: Reimagining Education for ALL Students in Pennsylvania Read More »
The Biden administration has systematically abandoned the border security policies and immigration reforms that enabled the Trump administration to turn back the tide of illegal immigration. With the floodgates to illegal immigration wide open once again, drug cartels and human traffickers are cashing in and both American and immigrant lives are at greater risk. It …
Op-Ed: Biden’s Immigration Policies Have Turned a Win Into a Loss Read More »
As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no magic elixir to address the myriad of economic, security, and environmental challenges out there. However, one commonsense solution to advance America’s interest in all three lies beneath Pennsylvania’s soil. For about a decade, the United States has been the world’s largest natural gas producer, surpassing Russia in …
Op-Ed: A Key to America’s Growth Lies Beneath Pennsylvania’s Soil Read More »
