WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of an ongoing program to connect U.S. businesses with opportunities to drive climate solutions abroad, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce successfully hosted a GreenTech mission to Istanbul and Ankara last week. The mission, led by Chamber Senior Vice President of Policy Marty Durbin and Executive Director of the Chamber’s U.S.-Türkiye Business Council Jennifer Miel, was a partnership between the Chamber, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), and the U.S. Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and U.S. Department of Commerce. This strategic mission assembled a delegation comprising 20 prominent U.S. and Turkish companies, alongside U.S. government officials, all dedicated to advancing green technology and sustainable development initiatives. The visit built on the momentum from the historic COP28 in Dubai in which the Chamber hosted the largest ever U.S. business delegation to a U.N. climate conference, and U.S.-Tü
The Chamber shaped pro-business outcomes for the most urgent issues while also advancing debates around topics that will determine U.S. competitiveness for years to come.
The Chamber of Commerce slammed the Biden administration Friday for proposing changes to federal permitting requirements that weren’t originally in the debt limit deal organized between the White House and House Republicans, arguing that the changes would further delay project approvals and calling it a “step in the wrong direction.”
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on Environment and Public Works, Senator Tom Carper:“We commend Chairman Carper for his commitment to fixing our outdated permitting laws and for keeping the issue at the forefront of Senate priorities.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