2013 State of the Net Conference: Day 2 - Perspectives: Grover Norquist
Channel: Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
Date: 2013-01-24

2013 State of the Net Conference
Day 2: January 23, 2013

Introduction by Joe Waz, Senior Strategic Advisor, Comcast Corporation (Bio: http://netcaucus.org/biography/joe-waz.shtml)

Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform

Grover Norquist (Twitter: @GroverNorquist) is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan's request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels and supports tax reform that moves towards taxing consumed income one time at one rate.  ATR organizes the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which asks all candidates for federal and state office to commit themselves in writing to the American people to oppose all tax increases. In the 112th Congress, 238 House members and 41 Senators have taken the pledge. On the state level, 13 governors and 1244 state legislators have taken the pledge.
Norquist chairs the Washington, DC - based "Wednesday Meeting," a weekly gathering of more than 150 elected officials, political activists, and movement leaders. The meeting started in 1993 and takes place in ATR's conference room. There are now 60 similar "center-right" meetings in 48 states.