New Coalition Opposes Activist Attacks on American Innovation

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Apr 20, 2022, 09:00 ET

Competitiveness Coalition Urges Congress to Reject Overreach in U.S. Tech

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a collection of 15 groups, including small business, consumer, and taxpayer advocates, launched a new coalition to highlight misguided congressional attempts to overregulate and harm America's job-creating tech sector.

Chaired by Scott Brown, former Ambassador to New Zealand and Republican U.S. Senator, and sponsored by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), the coalition will serve as a counterweight to Washington politicians' attacks on our innovators. The coalition will educate the public and advocate for policies that put consumers first, while fostering innovation and attracting new investment.

"As Ambassador to New Zealand in the Trump Administration, I saw first-hand how untrustworthy foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, are working every day to weaken America's economic and technological leadership," said Chair Scott Brown. "The threat to U.S. competitiveness is grave as politicians in Washington work to pass a series of dangerous bills that represent nothing more than a power grab and expansion of government. Lawmakers should reject this Big Government approach, which will hamstring our country's greatest assets in the global tech race, and open the floodgates to bad actors that want to see us fall behind."

The coalition will use earned and paid media to run a national campaign to engage lawmakers about the dangers of overzealous antitrust enforcement and activist overreach.

The coalition's membership includes more than a dozen groups focused on supporting economic growth and promoting innovation. Incubated by the National Taxpayers Union, the coalition's founding members include:

Americans for Prosperity
Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Committee for Justice
Consumer Choice Center
Hispanic Leadership Fund
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
James Madison Institute
Market Institute
National Taxpayers Union
Pelican Tech & Innovation Center
R Street Institute
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Young Voices

For more information, please visit competitivenesscoalition.com. Members of the press can contact the coalition at [email protected].

The Competitiveness Coalition is a first-of-its-kind group educating the public and advocating for policies that put consumers first while fostering innovation and attracting new investment.

SOURCE Competitiveness Coalition