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Table of Contents
A Note on “Project 2025”
Paul Dans
Foreword: A Promise to America
Kevin D. Roberts, PhD
Section 1: Taking the Reins of Government
1
White House Office
Rick Dearborn
2
Executive Office of the President of the United States
Russ Vought
3
Central Personnel Agencies: Managing the Bureaucracy
Donald Devine
Dennis Dean Kirk
Paul Dans
Section 2: The Common Defense
4
Department of Defense
Christopher Miller
5
Department of Homeland Security
Ken Cuccinelli
6
Department of State
Kiron K. Skinner
7
Intelligence Community
Dustin J. Carmack
8
Media Agencies
U.S. Agency for Global Media
Mora Namdar
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Mike Gonzalez
9
Agency for International Development
Max Primorac
Section 3: The General Welfare
10
Department of Agriculture
Daren Bakst
11
Department of Education
Lindsey M. Burke
12
Department of Energy and Related Commissions
Bernard L. McNamee
13
Environmental Protection Agency
Mandy M. Gunasekara
14
Department of Health and Human Services
Roger Severino
15
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD
16
Department of the Interior
William Perry Pendley
17
Department of Justice
Gene Hamilton
18
Department of Labor and Related Agencies
Jonathan Berry
19
Department of Transportation
Diana Furchtgott-Roth
20
Department of Veterans Affairs
Brooks D. Tucker
Section 4: The Economy
21
Department of Commerce
Thomas F. Gilman
22
Department of the Treasury
William L. Walton
Stephen Moore
David R. Burton
23
Export-Import Bank
The Export-Import Bank Should Be Abolished
Veronique de Rugy
The Case for the Export-Import Bank
Jennifer Hazelton
24
Federal Reserve
Paul Winfree
25
Small Business Administration
Karen Kerrigan
26
Trade
The Case for Fair Trade
Peter Navarro
The Case for Free Trade
Kent Lassman
Section 5: Independent Regulatory Agencies
27
Financial Regulatory Agencies
Securities and Exchange Commission and Related Agencies
David R. Burton
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Robert Bowes
28
Federal Communications Commission
Brendan Carr
29
Federal Election Commission
Hans A. von Spakovsky
30
Federal Trade Commission
Adam Candeub