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Former top Obama, Biden and Trump officials are sounding the alarm: without energy permitting reform, America risks losing the economic race to China.
@WSJ on the bipartisan message to congressional leaders urging them to pass permitting reform now:
Permitting reform is about more than growing our economy and building new infrastructure.
Passing the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act will be key to protecting our national security and preserving American leadership around the globe.
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Under NEPA, it took years to complete federally-mandated reviews. Under the new bipartisan permitting reform bill, agencies would need applicant permission – not just consultation – to extend it.
Great @ts_fisher @CatoInstitute look at the very good BAAJA:
"America’s Private Sector Is Ready to Build—Will Washington Pave the Way with Permitting Reform?" cato.org/blog/americas-priva…
"BAAJA could be the most impactful energy bill since the Energy Policy Act of 2005"
Texas businesses thrive when policy rewards investment and keeps America competitive.
ICYMI: AFFM Advisor @RepKevinBrady joined Brownsville Mayor John Cowen, former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and @efindell at #TribFest26 for a conversation on Texas, trade, and protecting our free markets.
AFFM applauds lawmakers for working across the aisle to cut unnecessary red tape, lower costs and give American businesses the certainty they need to invest, build and grow.
Congress should keep the bipartisan momentum going.
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Americans for Free Markets retweeted
🚨DAVID IBSEN (@dlibsen): "President Trump last year, he issued an executive order banning [de-banking], [...] what we'd like to see happen now is that executive order become law so that the next president, the next administration, can't kind of go back to how it was before."
New York just imposed America's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers – infrastructure that powers AI and the digital economy.
While AI emerges as a defining innovation, New York is choosing to shut it down.
@dlibsen in @NRO on why that's the wrong path:
New York’s data center moratorium misunderstands artificial intelligence. | @dlibsen
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America has not built a large-scale oil refinery in nearly 50 years – largely because of our outdated permitting laws.
@NTU's Thomas Aiello writes in @RCPolitics why passing permitting reform will help break that streak and deliver affordable energy for every American:
America’s permitting system has become a maze of duplicative reviews, endless studies, procedural hurdles, and bureaucratic delays that keep worthwhile projects tied up for years without meaningfully improving environmental outcomes.
But Congress has the chance to deliver needed reforms for taxpayers.
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Americans for Free Markets retweeted
A guest column from David Ibsen, executive director of Americans for Free Markets.
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Americans for Free Markets retweeted
CEI's @jberlau says Congress should end debanking by passing the FIRM Act. cei.org/blog/lets-end-reputa…
Every year, as projects sit in regulatory limbo, financing costs rise and construction expenses increase.
@SenToomey’s latest op-ed in @FoxNews explains how this broken system is quietly raising the cost of living for Americans and why Congress needs to pass permitting reform:
More than two dozen organizations sent a letter to congressional leadership urging lawmakers to seize the opportunity to enact meaningful permitting reform.
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ICYMI: @FinancialCmte/@USHouseFSC called for smarter, risk-based AML/BSA reform during a recent oversight hearing.
@FinCENnews Director Andrea Gacki & lawmakers from both parties agree: modernize outdated reporting thresholds. More:
📈The formula is simple: lower taxes and less red tape mean more freedom for the market to succeed.
The economic data coming in right now is proof that free markets are working – @DC_Reporter has the full breakdown on Washington’s path to prosperity:
EDITORIAL: By every measure, the economy has drastically improved since President Trump and Republicans came into office.
Here's how @POTUS's policies have made America more prosperous.
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Americans oppose government-driven debanking and politicized regulators – but they do support a national framework that upholds the freedom of private business.
Read what @dlibsen had to say at this week's panel alongside @NTU/@Protectaxpayers:
🚨The U.S. House has passed the FIRM Act as part of the Main Street Capital Access Act. This is a positive step in ensuring fair access to banking for all Americans by halting federal regulators from engaging in politically motivated debanking.
Read our statement:
Americans for Free Markets retweeted
.@RossAMarchand: "Banks today face an extraordinarily complex web of compliance obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act and related anti-money laundering laws."
Today’s discussion explores whether compliance burdens are driving debanking.
@NTU @ForFreeMarkets @dlibsen
Americans for Free Markets retweeted
🔥Tomorrow in DC: Join @RepHuizenga, @ForFreeMarkets, @NTU, and TPA's @RossAMarchand for a discussion on the future of bank supervision and the case for removing reputation risk from bank regulation.
Register here: eventbrite.com/e/beyond-repu…
Want to know why America is better positioned to compete against China?
@RepKevinBrady explains the trade agreement that's made us more economically secure – and why it matters now more than ever.
📺 Watch for yourself:
Americans for Free Markets retweeted
🗓️This Wednesday, 7/22, Centerline Liberties Senior Advisor Tim Doyle will moderate a fireside chat & panel discussion on prudential banking regulators’ coordinated removal of reputation risk from bank supervision and the related Main Street Act.
Register below to hear insights from @RepHuizenga, @ForFreeMarkets’ @dlibsen, @NTU’s Thomas Aiello & @Protectaxpayers’ @RossAMarchand: eventbrite.com/e/beyond-repu…
📹 The best kind of growth doesn't come with an inflation price tag.
@RepKevinBrady breaks down why productivity is the economic story America should be paying attention to right now with @MariaBartiromo.
WATCH: