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Ed Whitfield: When it takes the Texas Railroad Commission days to issue a permit and it takes the various Federal agencies years, that…

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
When it takes the Texas Railroad Commission days to issue a permit and it takes the various Federal agencies years, that is a problem, and it is not that Texas is too fast. It is that the Federal Government drags its feet.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Critique of federal permitting delays compared to Texas.

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