The experience that I have in Rhode Island is not that NEPA is a barrier to getting infrastructure projects done, it is the Congress that is a barrier to getting infrastructure projects done
Sheldon Whitehouse: “The experience that I have in Rhode Island is not that NEPA is a barrier to getting infrastructure projects done, it is…”
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Whitehouse criticizes Congress for hindering infrastructure projects, not NEPA regulations.
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