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If our politicians care about affordability, they will pass permitting reform
The #1 election issue in America this year is affordability. The #1 thing this Congress can do for affordability is pass permitting reform.
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Why both Republicans and Democrats should support aggressive permitting reform
Bipartisan deals are often impossible, but on permitting it’s totally possible—because permitting delays kill projects that members of both parties…
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Why China is outcompeting America
My comments at a House Oversight Committee roundtable on July 14, 2026 on “Winning the Economic Competition with China: Working Families, the AI Race…
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To unleash nuclear, the NRC must reject LNT, not just ALARA
The NRC is right to challenge the "ALARA" rule for radiation reduction. But to unleash nuclear power, the NRC needs to reject "LNT," the…
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The 4 California "waivers" keeping America's EV mandate alive
4 "waivers" from the Clean Air Act currently allow California to impose vehicle GHG standards on the whole country. Congress can use a law called the…
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Why America can’t build the natural gas pipelines it needs — my interview with Senator Alan Armstrong
Natural gas pipelines don’t emit anything that can contaminate water. Yet the Clean Water Act lets states that dislike interstate pipelines block them…
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Why Democrats and Republicans both need comprehensive permitting reform
Both Republicans and Democrats should absolutely want strong NEPA reform, strong Clean Water Act reform, strong transmission reform, and permitting…
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Stop corn + oil lobbyists from permanently expanding the ethanol mandate
The “Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act" expands the ethanol mandate by 1) loosening air quality rules and 2) imposing the mandate on…
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