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1981 Charles Koch as Chairman of the Council for a Competitive Economy: “Will Businessmen Be the Death of Free Enterprise”
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1981 Charles Koch as Chairman of the Council for a Competitive Economy: “Will Businessmen Be the Death of Free Enterprise”

This document consists of correspondence from a group created by Charles Koch called the "Council for a Competitive Economy." Charles Koch was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of…

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June 7, 2019
1983-1984 David Koch: the “Most Radical and Extreme Positions” Viable Are from the Clark/Koch 1980 Platform
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1983-1984 David Koch: the “Most Radical and Extreme Positions” Viable Are from the Clark/Koch 1980 Platform

This document is a collection of correspondence between David Koch and the Libertarian Party between 1983 and 1984. In one particular exchange with David Bergland, the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate…

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June 7, 2019
1974 Charles Koch Speech: “Anti-Capitalism and Big Business” and How the Powell Memo Did Not Go Far Enough
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1974 Charles Koch Speech: “Anti-Capitalism and Big Business” and How the Powell Memo Did Not Go Far Enough

In this 1974 speech, Charles Koch claimed that "business has consciously assisted the government in destroying the free market." This speech was given during the second term of Republican President…

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June 7, 2019
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2014 Americans for Prosperity Foundation on “The EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations”

This document is briefing paper from Kochs' Americans for Prosperity Foundation on “The EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations,” which criticizes government initiatives that enhance the regulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) to…

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June 7, 2019
2017 Koch Seminar Network Strategy Memo: “Advancing Comprehensive Tax Reform”
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2017 Koch Seminar Network Strategy Memo: “Advancing Comprehensive Tax Reform”

This strategy memo from Charles Koch's network to its funders was first reported by Lee Fang and Nick Surgey at The Intercept. This memo preceded Koch's successful effort to get…

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June 7, 2019
2016 Association of Private Enterprise Education Meeting with Koch Groups
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2016 Association of Private Enterprise Education Meeting with Koch Groups

This set of documents is from a meeting of "private enterprise" groups with many ties to Charles Koch and his agenda. The issues raised by this event were originally covered…

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June 7, 2019
2000 Press Release, Koch Industries Paid Largest Ever Civil Fine on an Oil Company: $30 Million for More than 300 Oil and Chemical Spills in Six States
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2000 Press Release, Koch Industries Paid Largest Ever Civil Fine on an Oil Company: $30 Million for More than 300 Oil and Chemical Spills in Six States

In this press release, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it was imposing the “largest civil fine ever imposed on an oil company under any federal law,” on Koch…

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June 7, 2019
2001 Department of Justice: “Koch Pleads Guilty to Covering Up Environmental Violations at Texas Oil Refinery” and Pays $10 Million Fine
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2001 Department of Justice: “Koch Pleads Guilty to Covering Up Environmental Violations at Texas Oil Refinery” and Pays $10 Million Fine

In a press release in 2001, the U.S. Department of Justice describes how the George W. Bush Administration settled "a 97-count indictment against Koch Industries Inc., Koch Petroleum Group, L.P.,…

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June 7, 2019
2000 Environmental Protection Agency: “Koch Petroleum Group Sentenced For Minnesota Pollution” and Pays $6 Million Fine
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2000 Environmental Protection Agency: “Koch Petroleum Group Sentenced For Minnesota Pollution” and Pays $6 Million Fine

In this press release, the Environmental Protection Agency announces that Koch Industries' wholly owned subsidiary, the Koch Petroleum Group, was compelled by a federal judge to pay a $6 million…

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June 7, 2019
1980 Clark-Koch Oil and Gas Journal Ad Promising to “Abolish the Department of Energy”
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1980 Clark-Koch Oil and Gas Journal Ad Promising to “Abolish the Department of Energy”

This document is a May 10, 1980, letter from Charles Koch's confidant Ed Crane to “Clark V.I.P’s” about media coverage of the Ed Clark-David Koch presidential campaign. Enclosed in the…

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June 7, 2019
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