Introduction. This note offers responses to the questions posed by Chairman Barrasso and Senator Whitehouse attendant upon the prepared statement for the record of Dr. Benjamin Zycher of the American Enterprise Institute and Dr. Patrick J. Michaels of the Competitive Enterprise Institute on the proposed S. 2754, “American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019.”1 The responses offered below are those of Benjamin Zycher only; Patrick J. Michaels may respond separately and independently.
Housekeeping Correction. The questions for the record were received by Benjamin Zycher as an attachment to an email sent on April 16, 2020 from Ms. Beth Lange of the staff of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The heading on the attachment is “Questions for the Record for Dr. Zycher and Dr. Michaels, AEI.” Please note for the record that Benjamin Zycher is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Patrick J. Michaels is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute; he has no affiliation with the American Enterprise Institute.