Katz, Diane
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">interesting only woman in with wonky stat libertaian boys at heritage legit journalist in detroit goes to dark side?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">climate: same plus</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Open Sans, Calibri, Trebuchet MS, Lucida Sans, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 24px;">Diane Katz</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Open Sans, Calibri, Trebuchet MS, Lucida Sans, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 24px;">Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy:</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy</span></p><div class="staff-details" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 22px 238px; padding: 0px; float: none; font-style: italic; list-style: none; width: 363.28125px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; background: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/images/single-dot-border.gif) 0% 100% repeat-x rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ul class="departments" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; font-size: 0.7em;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside;"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/departments/thomas-a-roe-institute-for-economic-policy-studies" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 43, 81); outline: none; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;">Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies</a></li></ul><div class="institute" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px 25px; float: none;">The Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation</div></div><div class="staff-bio" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; background: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/images/single-dot-border.gif) 0% 100% repeat-x scroll rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;">Diane Katz, who has analyzed and written on public policy issues for more than two decades, is a research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;">A veteran journalist and policy analyst from Detroit, Katz joined Heritage’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies in August 2010.</p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;"><font color="#333333">She previously was director of</font><b><font color="#ff0000"> risk,</font><font color="#333333"> environment and energy policy for three years at the Fraser Institute,</font></b><font color="#333333"> an independent policy research and educational organization in Canada. From 2002 to 2008, she was director of science, environment and technology for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a free market think tank in Midland, Mich.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;">As a member of the editorial board of the Detroit News for nine years, Katz <b>specialized in writing about science and the environment,</b> telecommunications and technology, and the auto industry. She also covered national issues as a reporter in the newspaper’s Washington bureau. Her<b> work won top honors from the Michigan Press Association in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998.</b></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;">Katz’s analyses and commentary have been published by<b> <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Washington Times, National Review, The Weekly Standard</i> and <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reason Magazine</i></b> in addition to dozens of regional and local newspapers.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;"><b>She has testified before Congress and several state legislatures. The State Policy Network</b>, a coalition of more than 50 think tanks across the United States, appointed her to represent it on the American Legislative Exchange Council.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;">Katz was awarded fellowships by the<b> Jack R. Howard Science Institute for Journalists at the California Institute of Technology,</b> the<b> Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship of the National Press Foundation</b> and programs at the <b>Kinship Conservation Institute </b>and the Political Economy Research Center.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;">She holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Thomas Jefferson College and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Michigan.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; float: none;">Katz currently resides in Detroit. Her daughter, Natalie, attends McGill University in Montreal.</p></div><div class="staff-research research_list" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 17px 0px 0px; float: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><h5 class="tabset-heading-staff" style="border: 0px; margin: -10px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; float: left; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A<a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/24/fraud-corruption-rampant-ex-im-bank/" title="At Least 74 Cases of Fraud and Corruption at Ex-Im Bank Since 2009" class="item-title" style="font-size: 14px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; width: 565.1875px; display: inline !important; text-decoration: none !important;">At Least 74 Cases of Fraud and Corruption at Ex-Im Bank Since 2009</a></h5><div class="eight-body-column clearfix" style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 60px; float: inherit; width: 628px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important;"><div class="researchList loaded clearfix component" data-variation="education" data-component="issues-list" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; float: none;"><ul class="listing" id="LoadResearchRecords" style="border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; list-style: none; clear: both; margin-left: 0px !important;"><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl01_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="item-meta" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; float: none; display: block;">POSTED ON JUNE 24, 2014 BY DIANE KATZ</span><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that four employees of the Export-Import Bank have been removed in recent...… <span class="more" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline !important;"><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/24/fraud-corruption-rampant-ex-im-bank/" title="At Least 74 Cases of Fraud and Corruption at Ex-Im Bank Since 2009" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">Read more</a></span></p></li><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl02_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/19/make-export-import-bank-accounting-fair-taxpayers/" class="item-link blogpost" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; display: block; float: left; width: 22px; height: 26px; text-decoration: none !important; background-image: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/css/i/blogpost_large.png); background-repeat: no-repeat;" /><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/19/make-export-import-bank-accounting-fair-taxpayers/" title="Make Export–Import Bank Accounting 'Fair' to Taxpayers" class="item-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; width: 565.1875px; text-decoration: none !important;">Make Export–Import Bank Accounting 'Fair' to Taxpayers</a><span class="item-meta" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; float: none; display: block;">POSTED ON JUNE 19, 2014 BY DIANE KATZ</span><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The Wall Street Journal in recent days has published a variety of opinions on congressional reauthorization of the...… <span class="more" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline !important;"><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/19/make-export-import-bank-accounting-fair-taxpayers/" title="Make Export–Import Bank Accounting 'Fair' to Taxpayers" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">Read more</a></span></p></li><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl03_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/08/kill-export-import-bank/" class="item-link blogpost" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; display: block; float: left; width: 22px; height: 26px; text-decoration: none !important; background-image: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/css/i/blogpost_large.png); background-repeat: no-repeat;" /><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/08/kill-export-import-bank/" title="Why Is This Government Program Allowed to Hurt American Companies?" class="item-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; width: 565.1875px; text-decoration: none !important;">Why Is This Government Program Allowed to Hurt American Companies?</a><span class="item-meta" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; float: none; display: block;">POSTED ON JUNE 8, 2014 BY DIANE KATZ</span><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Rare is the issue that unites Michigan’s Democratic <b>Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow</b> with their chamber’s most...… <span class="more" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline !important;"><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/08/kill-export-import-bank/" title="Why Is This Government Program Allowed to Hurt American Companies?" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">Read more</a></span></p></li><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl04_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2014/6/kill-the-export-import-bank" class="item-link commentary" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; display: block; float: left; width: 22px; height: 26px; text-decoration: none !important; background-image: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/css/i/commentary_large.png); background-repeat: no-repeat;" /><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2014/6/kill-the-export-import-bank" title="Kill the Export-Import Bank" class="item-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; width: 565.1875px; text-decoration: none !important;">Kill the Export-Import Bank</a><span class="item-meta" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; float: none; display: block;">COMMENTARY POSTED JUNE 6, 2014<span class="by-author" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> BY <a href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/k/diane-katz" title="Diane Katz" class="author-link" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">DIANE KATZ</a></span></span><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Rare is the issue that unites Michigan’s Democratic Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow with their chamber’s most conservative members. But when… <span class="more" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline !important;"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2014/6/kill-the-export-import-bank" title="Kill the Export-Import Bank" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">Read more</a></span></p></li><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl05_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/04/real-story-behind-small-business-ex-im-claims-built/" class="item-link blogpost" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; display: block; float: left; width: 22px; height: 26px; text-decoration: none !important; background-image: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/css/i/blogpost_large.png); background-repeat: no-repeat;" /><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/04/real-story-behind-small-business-ex-im-claims-built/" title="The Real Story Behind the Small Business the Export-Import Bank Claims It Built" class="item-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; width: 565.1875px; text-decoration: none !important;">The Real Story Behind the Small Business the Export-Import Bank Claims It Built</a><span class="item-meta" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; float: none; display: block;">POSTED ON JUNE 4, 2014 BY DIANE KATZ</span><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Officials of the Export-Import Bank have gotten themselves into quite a pickle. The “small business” they continuously...… <span class="more" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline !important;"><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2014/06/04/real-story-behind-small-business-ex-im-claims-built/" title="The Real Story Behind the Small Business the Export-Import Bank Claims It Built" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">Read more</a></span></p></li><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl06_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/06/exportimport-bank-cronyism-threatens-american-jobs" class="item-link report " style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; display: block; float: left; width: 22px; height: 26px; text-decoration: none !important; background-image: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/css/i/icon-report.png); background-repeat: no-repeat;" /><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/06/exportimport-bank-cronyism-threatens-american-jobs" title="Export–Import Bank: Cronyism Threatens American Jobs" class="item-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; width: 565.1875px; text-decoration: none !important;">Export–Import Bank: Cronyism Threatens American Jobs</a><span class="item-meta" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; float: none; display: block;">ISSUE BRIEF POSTED JUNE 2, 2014<span class="by-author" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> BY <a href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/k/diane-katz" title="Diane Katz" class="author-link" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">DIANE KATZ</a></span></span><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The Export–Import Bank (Ex–Im) funnels billions of taxpayer dollars each year to overseas businesses for the purchase of American products. This subsidized… <span class="more" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline !important;"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/06/exportimport-bank-cronyism-threatens-american-jobs" title="Export–Import Bank: Cronyism Threatens American Jobs" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">Read more</a></span></p></li><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl07_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important;"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2014/5/dodd-frank-and-regulation-gone-rogue" class="item-link commentary" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; display: block; float: left; width: 22px; height: 26px; text-decoration: none !important; background-image: url(http://www.heritage.org/static/css/i/commentary_large.png); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2014/5/dodd-frank-and-regulation-gone-rogue" title="Dodd-Frank and regulation gone rogue" class="item-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; width: 565.1875px; text-decoration: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Dodd-Frank and regulation gone rogue</span></a><span class="item-meta" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; float: none; display: block; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">COMMENTARY POSTED MAY 29, 2014<span class="by-author" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> BY <a href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/k/diane-katz" title="Diane Katz" class="author-link" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">DIANE KATZ</a></span></span><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A bit of wisdom was actually uttered on Capitol Hill last week. The nation’s chief securities regulator told the House Committee on… <span class="more" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline !important;"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2014/5/dodd-frank-and-regulation-gone-rogue" title="Dodd-Frank and regulation gone rogue" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(18, 53, 85); outline: none; text-decoration: none !important;">Read more</a></span></p></li><li id="researchlist_itemlist_ctl07_li" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; list-style-position: outside; font-size: 14px; clear: left; padding: 0px !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="info" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; float: none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">==</p></li></ul></div></div></div>