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Jared Huffman: “I thought we were debating a bill that proposes a permitting reform. Of course, we have lots of disagreements about how…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2025
I thought we were debating a bill that proposes a permitting reform. Of course, we have lots of disagreements about how it impacts our bedrock environmental laws, but I guess we never want to miss an opportunity to go into the fever swamp of conspiracism that is the Kash Patel FBI these days. I will bring it back to the subject at hand. This is a bad amendment. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose it, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Debating an amendment related to permitting reform and environmental laws.

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