WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Senate panel discussed potential changes to the nation's permitting rules affecting energy and infrastructure projects during a Wednesday hearing, with both Republican and Democratic senators expressing an interest in revising the current process.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held its hearing more than a month after the full House of Representatives passed its own permitting measure. Senators had been discussing potential legislation, but Democrats halted these talks, citing the Trump administration's fierce opposition to renewable energy.
"Without congressional action, we will continue to see the pattern of the last two decades," West Virginia Republican Shelley Moore Capito, the committee's chair, said. "Each new administration will reverse the policies of the last, eroding trust in American businesses and workers, and ensuring we cannot plan or build for the present or for our future."
Federal lawmakers have been discussing the need for permitting changes for years, arguing the current process is outdated, resulting in redundant reviews, delayed timelines and higher project costs. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee...
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