Washington, D.C. — Following today’s House Natural Resources Committee’s markup of the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy Matthew Davis:

“House Republicans have once again shown they are more interested in helping their fossil fuel billionaire buddies instead of working to lower utility costs for American families. The SPEED Act is another giveaway to Big Polluters that allows the Trump administration to continue its assault on clean energy while rigging the permitting process for harmful projects by cutting public input, gutting environmental protections, and blocking people’s day in court. Adequate staffing and resources delivered improvements in permitting timelines last year, and yet this bill does nothing to stop the indiscriminate firings of career civil servants or disregard for congressional direction on funding. We urge Congress to follow the lead of the members of Congress who opposed this bill in committee today and get serious about lowering utility costs by building clean, affordable energy that creates jobs and protects the health of our communities.”

Learn more about LCV’s opposition to the SPEED Act, the PERMIT Act, and more about the benefits of NEPA here.

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