Senate Energy GOP retweeted
Tonight, I was proud to join my Senate colleagues from both parties in a 73-24 vote to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a major step toward letting America build again.
As I’ve said many times before, our permitting system is broken. Years of delays and uncertainty are holding back critical energy projects, billions in investments, and good-paying American jobs. We have the resources and the workforce ready to build. Washington has been the holdup. Tonight, the Senate started fixing that.
As I’ve said many times before, our permitting system is broken. Years of delays and uncertainty are holding back critical energy projects, billions in investments, and good-paying American jobs. We have the resources and the workforce ready to build. Washington has been the holdup. Tonight, the Senate started fixing that.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
Permitting reform is critical to lowering costs for hardworking Idahoans. Today, I’m proud to join my colleagues to do just that while ensuring responsible management of Idaho’s public lands and natural resources.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
The BIG vote tonight on the American Affordability and Jobs Act brings us a step closer to creating jobs, delivering investments, and moving our country forward 🇺🇸
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
BAAJA Step 1 completed! Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
Lots more freedom-fighting ahead!
Lots more freedom-fighting ahead!
The irrefutable case for BAAJA — master thread
Each of the pieces below can be read in 2 minutes, and has a one-page PDF to share with your elected officials.
You have the power to make Congress enact legislation that will unleash America's freedom to build. Use it!
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
BAAJA Blast off! First hurdle cleared for the permitting bill. Here's the final vote tally. 22 Democrats voted in favor, one Republican (Sen. Rounds) voted against.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
73 senators just voted YES to advance historic permitting reform.
BAAJA has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate and is one step closer to becoming law.
Let's get it done!
BAAJA has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate and is one step closer to becoming law.
Let's get it done!
Invoked, 73-25: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Cal. #453, H.R.2347, Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
This is amazing news!
What people don’t realize is how much permitting reform will impact costs for the better.
When you can cut the mountain of red tape to accomplish anything in this country it makes everything less expensive.
Thank you Senator Lee for leading the charge!
What people don’t realize is how much permitting reform will impact costs for the better.
When you can cut the mountain of red tape to accomplish anything in this country it makes everything less expensive.
Thank you Senator Lee for leading the charge!
Cloture on the motion to proceed to BAAJA just passed by a vote of 73 to 25.
This is great news for hardworking Americans, who’ll find that this bipartisan bill will make life more affordable.
Thanks to my negotiating partners, @SenCapito, @SenatorHeinrich, and @SenWhitehouse.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
Senators have a generational opportunity this evening to advance legislation that will directly benefit American families.
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act has broad, bipartisan support to get us back to building in our country again.
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act has broad, bipartisan support to get us back to building in our country again.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
Thank you, Mr. President!
The BAAJA will blast energy prices down for American families and make it easier to build, grow, and power our country!
The BAAJA will blast energy prices down for American families and make it easier to build, grow, and power our country!
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BAAJA is a chance Congress can’t pass up. It's time to change the status quo.
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Fantastic News!
BREAKING: DHS announces via federal register that Secretary Mullin is closing a Biden-era loophole that allowed Chinese nationals to travel to the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa for 14 days, which four GOP Senators alleged was facilitating Chinese birth tourism. Senators ott, @SenBillCassidy, & @JohnCornyn had written a letter to Mullin in April, urging him to close the loophole, which Mullin has now done.
Via the notice:
“The Secretary has broad authority to suspend the program for good cause,
including threats to national security, law enforcement interests, and immigration enforcement. The Secretary has determined that there is good cause to suspend EVS-
TAP, while DHS, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, evaluates the program.”
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
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I’m very pleased to report that @SecMullinDHS at @DHSgov just CLOSED Joe Biden’s loophole for Chinese birth tourism for which we sounded the alarm earlier this year.
America is not a nursery for the CCP to steal citizenship.
Thank you, President Trump!
I’m very pleased to report that @SecMullinDHS at @DHSgov just CLOSED Joe Biden’s loophole for Chinese birth tourism for which we sounded the alarm earlier this year.
America is not a nursery for the CCP to steal citizenship.
Thank you, President Trump!
NEW: Four GOP Senators, @BasedMikeLee, @JohnCornyn, @SenRickScott, & @BillCassidy, have penned a letter to DHS Secretary Mullin, urging him to close a Biden era “birth tourism” loophole that allows Chinese nationals to visit the Northern Mariana Islands for 14 days without a visang exploited by the Chinese due to birthright citizenship.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
You know how bad things have to be for all of these people to agree on something?
NEWS: 19 FORMER ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY LEADERS ENDORSE THE BIPARTISAN PERMITTING REFORM BILL
Today, a group of former Cabinet members and White House principals across seven Democratic and Republican administrations sent a letter calling on Congress to pass BAAJA. Here anet YELLEN, Michael R. POMPEO, Steven T. MNUCHIN, Leon E. PANETTA, Timothy F. GEITHNER, Henry M. PAULSON, Jr., Robert E. RUBIN, Stephen MIRAN, Jared BERNSTEIN, Tyler GOODSPEED, Jason FURMAN, Glenn HUBBARD, Laura D’Andrea TYSON, Michael J. BOSKIN, Jeffrey ZIENTS, Jake SULLIVAN, Brian DEESE, Larry KUDLOW, Allan B. HUBBARD
Key highlights from the letter:
1. “We are not building infrastructure fast enough to remain globally competitive… The median time for a new power plant to move from an interconnection request to commercial operation has more than doubled, from less than two years for projects built between 2000 and 2007 to more than four years for projects built between 2018 and 2024.
2. China has built more high-voltage transmission in the last fifteen years than the U.S. has built in all of its history... In 2024, China accounted for 31.5% of global knowledge- and technology-intensive manufacturing value added, compared with 20.7% for the United States.
3. Federally funded or permitted projects require NEPA review, but private projects often do not, creating a threat of failure precisely where the government is trying to be proactive, strategic, and engaged.
4. A project that spends years awaiting approval must continue carrying development and financing costs while remaining exposed to rising input costs. The IEA reports that prices for utility-scale transformers increased 26% in 2024, while lead times for some transformers have stretched as long as six years.
5. Mining projects also face tremendous uncertainty: a 2026 study by researchers at the Colorado School of Mines found that permitting for modern mining projects takes an average of 5.5 years, rising to 8.9 years for contested projects. The U.S. currently has the second-longest mine development timeline in the world.
6. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is the most significant bipartisan legislative effort that Congress has undertaken in decades to tackle these challenges.
7. BAAJA addresses key constraints stifling American industry by requiring interregional transmission planning, strengthening the federal backstop for nationally significant transmission lines, and creating a faster, more predictable process for connecting new generation to the grid.
8. BAAJA also makes permits more durable by imposing tighter timelines for litigation and limiting frivolous lawsuits that can halt projects indefinitely, while preserving community input and judicial review of substantive agency decisions.”
The letter was organized by @arnabdatta321 on behalf of @IFP and covered exclusively by the WSJ this morning.
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
🥤 There's a new BLAST on Capitol Hill!
It's called BAAJA, and it's bringing some much-needed energy to permitting reform. ⚡#permitprosperity
@SenCapito, @SenWhitehouse, @SenMikeLee & @SenatorHeinrich have put a bipartisan solution on the table.
Now that's refreshing! 💥
It's called BAAJA, and it's bringing some much-needed energy to permitting reform. ⚡#permitprosperity
@SenCapito, @SenWhitehouse, @SenMikeLee & @SenatorHeinrich have put a bipartisan solution on the table.
Now that's refreshing! 💥
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
There is no negotiating with the anti-growth Left.
They hate that permitting reform—the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act—will lower prices and grow prosperity for American families.
They hate that permitting reform—the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act—will lower prices and grow prosperity for American families.
Scoop: Enviros held a call Thurs in which progressive opponents tried to rally fence-sitters against the permitting bill. I obtained the transcript.
"We really have to have a pretty clear agreement by all parties that this is an effort to stop this bill, not to make it better"
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Senate Energy GOP retweeted
Every other DC Trade Association is posting rather wordy statements about the American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 - otherwise known as the Permitting Bill to you and me.
We here at USOGA value your time so here's our official statement.
"Pass the frickin' bill so we can start building things again."
We here at USOGA value your time so here's our official statement.
"Pass the frickin' bill so we can start building things again."
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