Bruce Westerman: “if we want to talk about projects that have been killed by an administration, let's go back to the Biden administration…”

“if we want to talk about projects that have been killed by an administration, let's go back to the Biden administration and the Obama administration. Let's look at projects like the Resolution Copper mine in Superior, Arizona, where they got a permit. They spent $2 billion, and they have yet to mine an ounce of copper because of NEPA holdups. Let's look at the Twin Metals project in northern Minnesota, where we have one of the largest deposits of copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, and palladium, all things we need. That has been going back and forth from one administration to the next. Let's look at the Keystone XL pipeline that was stopped after billions of dollars were spent, and not one drop of oil went through it. My colleagues are making the case for permitting reform. It just happens to be that we are in a Republican administration now, when they turned a blind eye to what was happening during a Democratic administration. This is why we need permitting reform.”