WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber Senior Vice President of Policy Marty Durbin issued the following statement today on the introduction of the PEER Act by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Tom Carper:“We commend Chairman Carper for his commitment to fixing our outdated permitting laws and for keeping the issue at the forefront of Senate priorities. This legislation highlights the major bipartisan consensus around the urgent need for permitting reform—now that we have clear agreement, we need action.“We urge Congressional Leaders to include permitting reform in the current debt limit negotiations, and we are encouraged by the breadth of pending legislation that can move through regular order to enact robust, bipartisan, legislation that will allow us to modernize our roads, bridges, ports, broadband networks, water, and energy infrastructure.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber Senior Vice President of Policy Marty Durbin issued the following statement today regarding the introduction of the RESTART Act by Senator Capito and the SPUR Act by Senator Barrasso: “We applaud Senators Capito and Barrasso for introducing legislation to provide meaningful reforms to our broken permitting process. Their bills would bring greater predictability, efficiency, and transparency to the process by establishing clear timelines and codifying important reforms." “Reforms included in these bills would help us build robust supply chains for critical minerals used in everything from electric vehicles to cell phones, ensure adequate supplies of natural gas to support the on-going energy transition, and build better transportation infrastructure to move people and goods more efficiently. This is another important step to propel momentum toward Congress enacting permitting reform this year, and we look forward to workin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Chamber Senior Vice President for Europe Marjorie Chorlins issued the following statement following the publication of the EU’s draft data adequacy decision for the United States:“The Chamber welcomes the announcement that the European Commission has adopted a draft data adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The Data Privacy Framework is a critically important step to ensure our economies remain connected. In the coming months, we encourage the European Commission and the Biden Administration to finalize the remaining steps needed to bring the framework into final effect.”