08.04.22

Senate Republicans Target Biden Administration’s Red Tape Tangle

‘Thanks to the leadership of the junior Senator from Alaska, this resolution would overturn a Biden Administration action that aims to give the federal government even more authority to slow and stall critical infrastructure projects… Every single Senate Republican is proud to cosponsor Senator Sullivan’s resolution. The future of our infrastructure needs at least one Democrat to see the light as well.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding permitting CRA:

“Later today, the Senate will vote on a resolution to peel back a significant layer of regulatory red tape that has been causing headaches across the country.

“Thanks to the leadership of the junior Senator from Alaska, this resolution would overturn a Biden Administration action that aims to give the federal government even more authority to slow and stall critical infrastructure projects.

“For years, our Republican government made headway in rolling back some of the countless roadblocks liberal bureaucrats have put in the path of new highways, bridges, and pipelines. We took big bites out of the bloated permitting process.

“And just last year, Republicans ensured that bipartisan infrastructure legislation included clear limits designed to speed up federal permitting reviews.

“But earlier this year, the President fired off a far-left executive action that directly contradicted some of that bipartisan headway. Catering to radical environmentalists, the new Biden rule reinstates sweeping jurisdiction for federal bureaucrats to slow down all sorts of critical infrastructure.

“This Democrat action is taking a process that’s already known for years-long waiting periods and multi-hundred-page federal reports and making it even worse.

“Every single Senate Republican is proud to cosponsor Senator Sullivan’s resolution. The future of our infrastructure needs at least one Democrat to see the light as well.”

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Related Issues: Infrastructure, Senate Democrats