A key Senate panel is reviving bipartisan efforts to overhaul the cumbersome federal permitting process for energy and infrastructure projects.
Environment and Public Works Chairman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and the committee’s top Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) signaled their commitment Wednesday on the Senate floor to work together during this Congress to craft bipartisan legislation to expedite permitting.
The committee leaders’ speeches follow House lawmakers’ proposing a bipartisan bill on Friday to improve the environmental review process for projects. Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), an important player in permitting talks in the last Congress, introduced the legislation with Rep. ...
