The Dewhurst Plan

Repeal Obama’s Job-Killing Agenda 
Institute Pro-Growth Dewhurst Plan

1. Repeal ObamaCare

• The costs of ObamaCare are spiraling out of control, leaving our children and grandchildren to pay for it.
• Repealing ObamaCare will save American taxpayers at least $540 billion over the next ten years.
• The uncertainty of ObamaCare is keeping businesses on the sidelines and is directly responsible for companies not hiring.
• ObamaCare is an example of one-size legislation that does not fit all, and does little to improve America’s healthcare system.
• ObamaCare is another federal entitlement that we cannot afford.

Dewhurst Plan:  Free-Market Healthcare

• Create a permissive free-market system.
• Align incentives so doctors, hospitals and patients get more value for their healthcare dollars.
• Expand the individual health insurance market.
• Bring Texas reforms to Washington.
  • Reform the legal system.
  • Put forth sensible solutions that lower the number of malpractice lawsuits.
• Equalize tax treatment.
  • 16-17% of the GDP is spent on healthcare and that number is only going to grow with the incoming wave of an older generation.

2. Stop The Obama EPA’s Job-Killing Agenda

• Rein in President Obama’s out of control EPA.
• Stop unnecessary job regulations that hurt Texas businesses.

Dewhurst Plan:  Overhaul The EPA

• Use the power of the purse and Congress’ investigative powers to repeal EPA job-killing regulations opposed by Congress and most Americans.
• Investigate current practices and regulations being implemented by the EPA.
• Implement a tougher, more job-friendly analysis of current practices.
• Make sure landowners and job-creators have a seat at the table when EPA is considering new regulations.
• Cut down on administrative costs and overregulation.
• Maintain clean air and water while still enforcing regulations that allow businesses to grow and prosper.

3.   Stop National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Over-reach

• Prevent the NLRB from telling companies like Boeing which states to place manufacturing plants in.
• Stop the NLRB from interfering with private sector business decisions – end the NRLB’s trampling on the Constitution.
• More government overregulation, which is preventing jobs from being created.

Dewhurst Plan:  Less NLRB Meddling, More Job Creation

• Insist on new leadership at the NLRB. 
• Conduct tough hearings on NLRB decision making under President Obama, and investigate interference with private business decision-making. 
• End federally mandated prevailing wage regulations, which will serve to bring down the cost of building infrastructure – roads, dams, ports, bridges, etc.
• Accelerate the approval process for FAA upgrades.
  • Allow private investors to invest in airports and air traffic control upgrades so that modernization and improvements can be made to match the needs of the 21^st Century.

4. End the Wasteful Obama Green Energy Gravy Train

• End taxpayer bailouts to companies like Solyndra, which declared bankruptcy after providing numerous warning signals to the White House before receiving $535 million in grants.
• Stop President Obama’s “energy cronyism” of giving federal grants to donors.
• Stop lobbyist and President Obama donors from feasting on taxpayer dollars for pet “Green” energy products, which don’t make good commercial sense and never make it to consumers.

Dewhurst Plan:  Develop America’s Massive Domestic Energy Resources

• Fully develop and utilize America’s abundant energy resources.
• Stop interfering with hydro-fracking of oil and gas wells, which is completely safe, and streamline oil and natural gas drilling regulations to allow more drilling.
• Aggressively re-open Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas exploration with sensible safeguards in place.
• Stop playing “political football” with energy projects like the Keystone pipeline.
• To encourage more drilling for natural gas, open new markets for liquefied natural gas and encourage the building of ports and other facilities that can handle LNG exports.