Let me just be specific. You talked about $6 million, roughly, in the budgets this year.
Rob Portman
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Rob Portman is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio, a position he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Portman previously represented Ohio's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005. He also served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2006, where he focused on trade policy and international negotiations.
I want to express our sincere appreciation to Senator Portman for his support of our projects as well as his leadership in pursuing balanced permitting reform.
Well, thank you, Senator Landrieu, and, Ms. Terrell, would you like to speak now or be available to answer questions, because Senator Landrieu, even though she is no longer a Senator, has learned how to use all of her time.
The system, as we have heard from our constituents constantly, takes too long. It is complicated, sometimes very bureaucratic.
By the way, the 2-year goal is that it is a goal. As I said earlier, if agencies cannot meet that goal for some reason, they have to explain why, and how they are going to try to meet it.
I did not mean to be ungrateful there, because I know there was lots of back-and-forth.
I think the Obama Administration was slow to get it started. I think the Trump Administration has not been aggressive enough in permitting a permitting reform executive director to be permanent.
I think it is so important that the Council be permitted to consult on non-covered projects.
More than half of them, we think, are not showing up for the hearing, which is the whole idea: to get them with a family pending their hearing on their immigration status.
I would think we are going to end up there. We have to figure out a way to provide that information.
I know Senator Stabenow talked about one of the issues that is a big deal to me, which is how you deal with the opioid crisis and the people who need naloxone.





