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Official title: Energy (Executive Calendar)
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May 12, 2026
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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I come to the floor today because all around the country, people understand it takes far too long to build something in America. It has to do with permitting.
Americans want to build. We are ready to build. People are ready to finance it. The problem is, to build something in America today, it is costly, it is complex, and there is a cumbersome permitting process. In America, amazingly, you need to get permission from the government to build just about anything.
Now, I represent Wyoming. It is an energy State. It is America's energy breadbasket. We have world-class coal. We have abundant supplies of oil and natural gas. We have the richest uranium deposits in the world. And all of these affordable, available, and reliable forms of American energy are ready to power our country, not just now but for generations to come.
State of Oklahoma, and we do all across the country. These people are ready to do the job. The Federal permitting process is standing in their way.
The Federal permitting process is fundamentally broken. Permitting has become burdened by bureaucracy and weaponized by litigation, and we have a system that will not let us get to work. American energy, mining, roads, bridges, and buildings—all of them are caught in the crosshairs of a culture of saying no.