Martin Heinrich: ““Any permitting deal is going to have to guarantee that no Administration of either party can weaponize the permitting…”

It was not easy. It took longer than we would like, but everyone was committed to getting there.

I would be very concerned if this were an engineered pathogen. I don't have any unique information saying that is the case. But if it were the case, that would be cause for alarm.

And some of the secret sauce in this was just the fact that we had four people who were genuinely committed to a balanced package that both sides could support.

We need permitting reform to put more electrons on the grid. It results in more jobs, and it's the one thing that can bring down the pressure on the cost of electricity and energy right now.