"While it is true that coal has decreased as a percentage of energy mix, much of that decrease was deliberately caused by intentional anti-coal policies, not by market forces."
"NEPA has grown out of control."
"The challenges we face in regard to rural broadband access is just another example where burdensome and slow permitting processes are holding our communities back."
"This is the first time Congress has made significant changes to NEPA since 1983."
"Today, the United States is the gold standard of environmental protection."
"Without a clear understanding of how policies, often one-size-fits-all, actually affect our constituents back home, we are going to continue to miss the mark."
"Here is what I am hearing back home: Washington, DC bureaucrats do not think rural America matters."
"I am ever wary of the regulatory burden imposed upon small businesses."
"what I fear is that it is not a lack of knowledge that is keeping the concerns of small businesses out of consideration"
"Countless regulations and red tape under NEPA make permitting new projects virtually impossible."
"Instead, it seems they like to find these minerals elsewhere in countries with subpar, if any, environmental standards. Anywhere but America, any worker but American, that is the Biden administration'..."