Incoming House Energy Chair Flags Permit Streamlining As Priority

Incoming House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) says that energy project permit streamlining will be a priority for the next Congress, despite a murky outlook for the policy after lawmakers have repeatedly failed to strike a bipartisan deal on the issue this fall. “I am excited to go to work on this and find the bipartisan agreement,” Rodgers said during a Dec. 13 event co-hosted by The Hill and Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). “There is...