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Senate Energy Committee Ranking Member Barrasso, Sen. Capito Issues Commentary to The Hill: Genuine Permitting Reform is Long Overdue
March 31, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary on The Hill:

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If you build it, they will come. Good luck getting a government permit to build it.

That's the hard part. The federal permitting process forces American energy infrastructure to endure a maze of regulations, mountains of paperwork, bureaucratic foot-dragging, and costly studies. T . . .

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