I know my colleague Senator Barrasso has legislation to change that, and I am also working on legislation to address this glaring omission.

it is possible to eliminate coal today or in the near future?

If you look at the chart that you showed, Senator Manchin, we, today, have sufficient generation to meet the anticipated needs of our system.

we need coal to maintain grid reliability.

We will need to slow down the retirement or restriction of existing generation until replacement capacity is deployed.

Let me be clear--a requirement to use CCUS with a refusal to issue CCUS permits is a shutdown requirement.

We absolutely need to get permitting reform done for the good of our country.

We cannot eliminate coal today or in the near future if we want to have a reliable electric grid system.

For example, it takes decades to permit a new mine. It is a failure, and it is setting us up to rely on countries who are hostile to our way of life.

Now, just as we did with the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill, we all need to sit down and negotiate in good faith.

We can't let the perfect--or the politics--be the enemy of the good.

There is an overwhelming bipartisan recognition that our current permitting system is not working.