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Lawmakers chart next steps on permitting reform |
Bipartisan lawmakers on Tuesday outlined their next moves on trying to speed up the federal approval process for infrastructure and energy projects. |
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said during an event at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday that he would be reintroducing his legislation that failed to get enough support during a vote in the Senate last year. He also said he would take a look at Republicans' energy package, known as H.R.1, and said it was "wrong" for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to call the Republican bill "dead on arrival." Both Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and leaders on the Environment and Public Works panel indicated they would work on permitting reform issues in their committees. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, stressed the need to "get the policy right" while also expressing openness to including permitting reform in a potential package that would address the debt ceiling. "I do think it's possible to have permitting reform in there," Moore Capito said. But she also said it's important to work out the policy specifics. Capito also reiterated the need for compromise. She said that bolstering electricity transmission is a driving force for Democrats and called it "essential," though other Republican members have expressed resistance to Democrats' proposed reforms. |
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The military is raising some concerns about potential for offshore wind in the country's mid-Atlantic region, saying that it could interfere with Defense Department interests there. |
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| Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) blasted recently proposed vehicle emissions standards from the Environmental Protection Agency as a "Trojan horse," the latest salvo from the Democrat against the Biden administration's environmental policies. |
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The House failed on Tuesday to overturn President Biden's veto of a Republican effort to nullify his administration's water pollution rule. |
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- Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is slated to testify before the House Natural Resources Committee about her department's budget.
- EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify before the House Agriculture Committee.
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Wilmington, Del. — Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems have agreed to a blockbuster settlement over the network's coverage of former President Trump's false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. Read more |
| CNN host Jake Tapper laughed while reading Fox News's statement on the settlement it reached on Tuesday with Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of former President Trump's false claims of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Read more |
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