North Dakotans should not be forced to pay for transmission lines that simply benefit other states and not North Dakota as well.
the bill that I introduced and 47 bipartisan senators voted for last year would set enforceable timelines for agencies t...
We desperately need to get permitting reform done for our country to maintain its status as the leader of the free world...
It's time for us to all roll up our sleeves and do our jobs.
We are going to figure out what is a bipartisan bill that all of us can agree on and come out of this Committee.
We are experiencing a skilled workforce shortage.
There is an overwhelming bipartisan recognition that our current permitting system is not working.
We cannot eliminate coal today or in the near future if we want to have a reliable electric grid system.
We need to take our names off the bill and go back to a bipartisan permitting reform bill.
We can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
We are intending to get this bill and have a bill on the floor before we have a recess this summer.