Washington, D.C., May 6, 2013 -- Granting amnesty to an estimated 11 million unlawful immigrants will cost taxpayers at least $6.3 trillion, according to a new report by Heritage Foundation scholar Robert Rector. The highly anticipated report, released today, becomes available as a Senate committee is set to mark up a “comprehensive immigration reform” bill May 9. “No…

Washington, D.C., April 25, 2013—The Claremont Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the principles of the American founding in the life of the nation, today received The Heritage Foundation’s 2013 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship. Brain T. Kennedy, president of Claremont and a scholar at the California-based institute since 1989, accepted the…

WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 24, 2013—Heritage Foundation Founder Edwin J. Feulner released the following statement on the death of Howard Phillips: Standing up for what you believe in is never easy. And doing it in Washington, D.C., is particularly hard. Small wonder then, that so many of us admired and respected Howard Phillips. Throughout a career that took him from the…

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013—Dr. Kathryn Davis, a Heritage Foundation honorary trustee whose generosity and leadership helped establish the prominent think tank’s foreign policy credentials, has died. She was 106 years old. Davis, with her husband Shelby Cullom Davis, established the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies in 1997 – allowing…

Heritage President Jim DeMint today released this statement: The murder trial of Kermit Gosnell has touched all Americans who have heard about it and brought home to them the unspeakable cruelties that have happened at abortion clinics in our own nation. The trial is now nearing its first solid month of deliberation, holding the 72-year old abortionist accountable for the…

Washington, D.C., April 8, 2013—Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint this morning released this statement on the death of Lady Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of Great Britain from 1979-1990: The Heritage Foundation has lost one of our greatest friends, and the world has lost one of its greatest champions of freedom. Margaret Thatcher led Great Britain courageously…

Washington, D.C., April 8, 2013—Former Heritage Foundation President Edwin J. Feulner this morning issued the following statement on the death of Lady Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of Great Britain from 1979-1990: Great Britain and the world have lost a great leader. The Heritage Foundation, like all of America, has lost a faithful ally. And, speaking personally, my…

Washington, D.C., April 4, 2013 —The Heritage Foundation begins a new chapter today as Jim DeMint, the former senator from South Carolina, replaces Ed Feulner as president of the 40-year-old think tank. Feulner was a founding trustee of Heritage and had served as president for the last 36 years. Under his leadership, the organization grew from a staff of 25 operating on a…

Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2013 -- The Heritage Foundation posted initial comments on today’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services of another revision to the HHS mandate requiring employers – regardless of deeply held religious beliefs – to cover abortion drugs, contraceptives and sterilization as part of Obamacare. In a blog post Sarah Torre,…

Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2013-- The Heritage Foundation released the following statement on reforming the immigration system: America’s heritage of immigration has fueled our nation’s strength and diversity, yet our immigration system has become so politicized and dysfunctional that it causes untold personal tragedies, strains the fiscal capacity of public services in…

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2013—The Heritage Foundation has unveiled architectural design plans for three properties the think tank acquired through affiliates during the first half of last year near its Capitol Hill headquarters. The properties are: the Congressional House, a 36,000-square-foot commercial office building with ground floor retail space located at 236…

Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2013-The Heritage Foundation's top "number cruncher" since 1995 is leaving to become chief economist on the minority staff of the Senate Budget Committee, the leading think tank announced, and his longtime deputy will take over as director of Heritage's Center for Data Analysis (CDA). Effective Jan. 14, Rea S. Hederman Jr. will assume full…

For Immediate Release Contacts: Jim Weidman, (202) 675-1761, jim.weidman@heritage.org Kate Dobbin, +44-207 573 4016, kate.dobbin@dowjones.com MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA’S OVERALL LEVEL OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM DECREASES Egypt, Saudi Arabia lose ground; Bahrain, six others post gains WASHINGTON, JAN. 10, 2013—Economic freedom continued to decline last year in the …

For Immediate Release Contacts: Jim Weidman, (202) 675-1761, jim.weidman@heritage.org Kate Dobbin, +44 207 573 4016, kate.dobbin@dowjones.com SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN IMPROVEMENT STALLS IN INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM But Botswana moves into “mostly free” category; Mauritius is in the top 10 WASHINGTON, JAN. 10, 2013—After two years of steady improvement, economic…

For Immediate Release Contacts: Jim Weidman, (202) 675-1761, jim.weidman@heritage.org Kate Dobbin, +44 207 573 4016, kate.dobbin@dowjones.com EUROPE NARROWS GAP AS NO. 2 IN ECONOMIC FREEDOM Eight nations notch their best scores; Cyprus, Ireland drop the most WASHINGTON, JAN. 10, 2013—Better than average showings in regulatory efficiency and open markets…