Political Quotes

“I rise today to support Senator Sullivan's resolution of disapproval to nullify the Biden administration's rollback of reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, process. We have heard a lot about permitting and how everything is going to be improved. If you want to make a statement on how you want to improve permitting, this should be a ``yes'' vote for everybody. I want to thank my colleague from Alaska for his leadership on bringing together half of this Chamber in support of S.J. Res. 55, which is cosponsored by 50 Senators. This resolution is vital to take us towards a path of quicker, more predictable environmental reviews as we seek to improve our transportation--remember, we just passed a big infrastructure bill with a lot of transportation--our water infrastructure, energy infrastructure, reclaim our energy independence, and build our domestic supply chain. Instead of making the environmental review process more efficient, the Biden administration is doing everything in its power to make it much, much more difficult. Environmental reviews are notorious for holding up energy and infrastructure projects. What happens? Well, some of them don't get done, and a lot of them get a heck of a lot more expensive and take longer to do.…”