On the recordJuly 19, 2017
Mr. Chair, I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. Mr. McNERNEY. Even those States with some instate authority don't have the resources or expertise to develop the information provided by a Federal environmental impact statement. No State has permitting authority over the portions of a pipeline located in other States. Without NEPA, there would be no broad Federal environmental review of cross-border transmission lines. Mr. Chair, we need these protections, and I ask my colleagues to oppose H.R. 2883.
