Hickenlooper Votes to Advance Long Overdue Permitting Reform Bill

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act will lower costs, advance clean energy projects

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement after he voted to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. The Senate will vote on final passage early next week.

"Democrats across the country ran on lowering costs, holding Big Tech accountable, and stopping the Trump administration's attacks on clean energy. Now we have an opportunity to deliver on all three.

"This bipartisan permitting deal would help lower electricity bills, make data centers pay their fair share, and accelerate the clean energy projects we need to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change.

"This bill isn't perfect. No bill is. We should continue working with Tribal Nations and environmental groups to strengthen it as it moves through the legislative process. But we have a golden opportunity to make good on our promise to voters to make energy more affordable. We cannot afford to let it slip away."

Hickenlooper has long supported reforms to modernize what is all too often a decades-long timeline to build new transmission lines and energy production projects. He has hosted a series of bipartisan permitting dinners throughout the last three years, bringing key Senate negotiators together to build consensus and help move permitting conversations forward.

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