Bipartisan Senators Call for Permitting Reform to Boost Domestic Manufacturing

President Joe Biden is sabotaging his own success in reviving domestic manufacturing by entangling the nation’s electric grid in regulatory red tape, a May 21 Senate hearing was told. With power demand poised to triple in coming decades, panelists and witnesses said they call on the administration to accede to “so, so desperate” calls for permitting reform. “We can’t be open for business if we can’t keep the lights on,” Senate Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said. “If America can’t build the energy infrastructure needed to support these industries with reliable affordable power, we will be forfeiting the opportunity to be on the forefront of technologies of the future and cede control to China....