Shared the stage with Senators Lee (UT) & Heinrich (NM) and Govs Stitt (OK) & Shapiro (PA) tonight to discuss permitting reform. Likely no coincidence that each of us comes from energy-exporting states and see firsthand how hard it is to build infrastructure the country needs.

Love seeing two of my favorite governors coming together on one of my favorite topics.

Some Republicans are asking whether to wait until 2025 with a trifecta to do energy permitting reform. But not only is a materially different bill not possible in the 119th Congress due to the political process and landscape, it's dangerous to delay it. - Hyperscalers are looking to site their largest, most important data centers overseas because they can't get the power and gas they need in the US - Consumers are seeing rising retail prices because it's too hard and takes too long to build energy infrastructure - RTOs and ISOs are all facing difficulty keeping reliability of the system given the growth in demand - Energy companies of all types are cancelling projects because of difficulty of permits The next Congress has many issues of higher priority to deal with. Even if/when it gets to it, the bill cannot go through reconciliation. It will need at least 7 Dem votes in the Senate. There is no chance a bill as imagined by certain conservative groups would get that. The issue would be stuck and the industry, and consumers, would be waiting years.