Editing Newt Gingrich (section)

=== Policy ===
[[File:Former Speaker Newt Gingrich poses for photos with troops from the 51st and 101st Chemical Companies.jpg|thumb|Gingrich poses with soldiers while on a visit to [[Kuwait]] in February 2003.]]
In 2003, he founded the [[Center for Health Transformation]]. Gingrich supported the [[Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act]] of 2003, which created the [[Medicare Part D]] federal prescription drugs benefit program. Some conservatives have criticized him for favoring the plan, due to its cost. In a May 15, 2011, interview on Meet the Press, Gingrich repeated his long-held belief that "all of us have a responsibility to pay—help pay for health care", and suggested this could be implemented by either a mandate to obtain health insurance or a requirement to post a bond ensuring coverage.<ref name="WaPo20110516">{{Cite news |title=Gingrich calls Medicare voucher proposal 'right-wing social engineering{{'-}} |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gingrich-calls-medicare-voucher-proposal-right-wing-social-engineering/2011/05/15/AFHhoR4G_story.html |date=May 16, 2011 |first1=Emi |last1=Kolawole |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first2=Rachel |last2=Weiner |access-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106121639/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gingrich-calls-medicare-voucher-proposal-right-wing-social-engineering/2011/05/15/AFHhoR4G_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PoliticoMarr20110516">{{cite news |title=Newt Gingrich's rough roll-out |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55082.html |date=May 16, 2011 |first=Kendra |last=Marr |newspaper=[[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]] |access-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518144432/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55082.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same interview Gingrich said "I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate." This comment caused backlash within the Republican Party.<ref name="WaPo20110516" /><ref name="PoliticoMarr20110516" />

In 2005, with [[Hillary Clinton]], Gingrich announced the proposed 21st Century Health Information Act, a bill which aimed to replace paperwork with confidential, electronic health information networks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former foes Clinton, Gingrich band up on health care plan |first=Andrea |last=Stone |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-11-clinton-gingrich_x.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=May 11, 2005 |access-date=March 1, 2011 |archive-date=February 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211043331/http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-11-clinton-gingrich_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Gingrich also co-chaired an independent congressional study group made up of health policy experts formed in 2007 to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of action taken within the U.S. to fight [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Senator Collins to Announce Formation of Alzheimer's Disease Study Group |publisher=Congressional Press Releases |date=July 10, 2007}}</ref>

Gingrich has served on several commissions, including the Hart–Rudman Commission, formally known as the [[US Commission on National Security/21st Century|U.S. Commission on National Security/21st century]], which examined national security issues affecting the armed forces, law enforcement and intelligence agencies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Advisory board urges new emphasis for U.S. defenders |first=Deborah |last=Martinez |newspaper=Corpus Christi Caller-Times |date=April 20, 2000 |page=B1}}</ref> In 2005 he became the co-chair of a task force for UN reform, which aimed to produce a plan for the U.S. to help strengthen the UN.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Top Lawmakers to Advise on U.N. Reform |first=George |last=Gedda |agency=[[Associated Press]] Online |date=February 9, 2005}}</ref> For over two decades, Gingrich has taught at the [[United States Air Force]]'s [[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]], where, as of 2010, he was the longest-serving teacher of the Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36922 |title=Newt Gingrich, Thought Provocateur in Chief |last1=Gingrich Cushman |first1=Jackie |date=May 9, 2010 |website=Human Events.com |publisher=Eagle Publishing |access-date=March 3, 2011 |archive-date=July 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231738/http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36922 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, he is an honorary distinguished visiting scholar and professor at the [[National Defense University (Washington, D.C.)|National Defense University]] and, as of 2012, was teaching officers from all of the defense services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newt.org/meet-newt|title=Meet Newt|publisher=Newt 2012|access-date=June 24, 2011|archive-date=June 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622194919/http://www.newt.org/meet-newt|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salemstate.edu/11616.php |title=2011 Speaker Bios: Newt Gingrich |year=2011 |work=Salem State University |access-date=March 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219201542/http://www.salemstate.edu/11616.php |archive-date=February 19, 2011}}</ref> Gingrich informally advised Defense secretary [[Donald Rumsfeld]] on strategic issues, on issues including the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] and encouraging the Pentagon to not "yield" foreign policy influence to the [[State Department]] and [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Wordly advice to Rumsfeld, from Gingrich, Wolfowitz & Co. |first=Al |last=Kamen |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030305693.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 4, 2011 |access-date=March 8, 2011 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629033006/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030305693.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gingrich is also a guiding coalition member of the [[Project on National Security Reform]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Project on National Security Reform - Preliminary Findings |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/project-national-security-reform-preliminary-findings |website=belfercenter.org |access-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225013248/https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/project-national-security-reform-preliminary-findings |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:P050709PS-0150 (3531559439).jpg|thumb|left|Senior Advisor [[Valerie Jarrett]], Gingrich and [[Al Sharpton]] meet with President [[Barack Obama]] in May 2009.]]

Gingrich founded and served as the chairman of [[American Solutions for Winning the Future]], a 527 group established in 2007.<ref name="Narr">{{cite news |first=Kendra |last=Narr |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/08/former-gingrich-527-closes-062161 |title=Former Gingrich 527 closes |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=August 26, 2011 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503060412/https://www.politico.com/story/2011/08/former-gingrich-527-closes-062161 |url-status=live }}</ref> The group was a "fundraising juggernaut" that raised $52 million from major donors, such as [[Sheldon Adelson]] and the coal company [[Peabody Energy]].<ref name="Narr"/> The group promoted deregulation and increased [[offshore oil drilling]] and other [[fossil-fuel]] extraction and opposed the [[Employee Free Choice Act]];<ref name="Narr"/><ref name="McGarrVogel">{{cite news |first1=Kathryn |last1=McGarr |first2=Kenneth P. |last2=Vogel |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/07/newts-big-cash-haul-8-million-025666 |title=Newt's big cash haul: $8&nbsp;million |newspaper=[[Politico]]|date=July 31, 2009 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721153042/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/07/newts-big-cash-haul-8-million-025666 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Politico'' reported, "The operation, which includes a pollster and fundraisers, promotes Gingrich's books, sends out [[direct mail]], airs ads touting his causes and funds his travel across the country."<ref name="McGarrVogel"/> American Solutions closed in 2011 after he left the organization.<ref name="Narr"/>

Other organizations and companies founded or chaired by Gingrich include the creative production company Gingrich Productions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gingrichproductions.com/aboutus.html |title=About Us |website=GingrichProductions.com |access-date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127085611/http://gingrichproductions.com/aboutus.html |archive-date=November 27, 2010 }}</ref> and religious educational organization Renewing American Leadership.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/god-and-country/2009/03/20/exclusive-interview-newt-gingrich-stepping-up-defense-of-religion-in-the-public-square |title=Exclusive Interview: Newt Gingrich Stepping Up Defense of Religion in the Public Square |first=Dan |last=Gilgoff |date=March 20, 2009 |series=God and Country |newspaper=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=February 28, 2011 |archive-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126160724/http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/god-and-country/2009/03/20/exclusive-interview-newt-gingrich-stepping-up-defense-of-religion-in-the-public-square |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gingrich is a former member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=G |title=Membership Roster |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |website=Cfr.org |access-date=May 27, 2012 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518162810/http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=G |url-status=live }}</ref>

He is a fellow at conservative [[think tank]]s the [[American Enterprise Institute]] and [[Hoover Institution]]. He sometimes serves as a commentator, guest or panel member on [[United States cable news|cable news]] shows, such as the [[Fox News Channel]]. He is listed as a contributor by Fox News Channel, and frequently appears as a guest on various segments; he has also hosted occasional specials for the Fox News Channel. Gingrich has signed the "Strong America Now" pledge committing to promoting [[Six Sigma]] methods to reduce government spending.<ref>{{cite news |title=Newt Gingrich first Six Sigma pledge signer |first=Kendra |last=Marr |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56552.html |newspaper=[[Politico]]|date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808013528/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56552.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gingrich founded [[Advocates for Opioid Recovery]] together with former Rep. [[Patrick J. Kennedy]] and [[Van Jones]], a former domestic policy adviser to President Barack Obama.<ref name=usa1>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/19/he-chairs-trumps-opioid-commission-christie-champions-his-home-state-drug-companies/752822001/ |title=As he chairs Trump's opioid commission, Christie champions his home-state drug companies |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=October 19, 2017 |access-date=October 25, 2017 |archive-date=October 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025132354/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/19/he-chairs-trumps-opioid-commission-christie-champions-his-home-state-drug-companies/752822001/ |url-status=live }}</ref>