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Jared Huffman: Mr. Chair, I am glad to hear the gentleman's concern for projects that are awaiting approval, but for the past year, we…

On the recordDecember 18, 2025
Mr. Chair, I am glad to hear the gentleman's concern for projects that are awaiting approval, but for the past year, we have seen huge projects that were already approved that were under construction. In one case, the Revolution Wind project in Rhode Island was 80 percent complete, with thousands of jobs and some of the cheapest electricity that New England would see to bring down these soaring utility bills, and President Trump stepped in and stopped it. They had to get a court to release the hostage, to allow this already approved project to simply move forward. I am always grateful to hear concern for projects awaiting approval. What this bill does, though, unfortunately, is nothing at all to end the crazy war on clean energy that is killing off projects that have already been approved. Our colleagues really should care about that, too.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Discussing the impact of halted clean energy projects during a committee meeting.

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