Matthew Dickerson, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, testified Thursday before the House Committee on Financial Services at a hearing titled, “A Strong Foundation: How Housing is the Key to Building Back a Better America.” Government intervention historically relies on the force of the unelected bureaucracy to pick winners and losers, while unfairly empowering special interests, compounding the problems that already exist

Heritage Foundation scholars regularly testify before Congress on important issues facing the United States and the world.  

Dean Cheng, a senior research fellow at Heritage’s Asian Studies Center, spoke to lawmakers on Oct. 21 about the nuclear legacy of the Marshall Islands.  

Heritage Senior Fellow David Burton testified Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at a hearing titled, “Protecting Companies and Communities from Private Equity Abuse.” Private capital markets are the primary means that entrepreneurs use to raise the capital necessary to launch and grow their businesses, making private equity absolutely vital to the economic health of the United States.

In recent testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Investment, Angela Sailor, vice president of Heritage’s Feulner Institute, discussed the significance and contributions of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).