{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-statement-on-failed-permitting-reform-vote", "King Statement on Failed Permitting Reform Vote", "2022-12-15", "2022", "2022-12", "Independent", "Senate", "ME", "Angus S. King, Jr.", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", "angusking", "https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/table", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee \u2013 and an advocate for pragmatic, realistic, and rapid permitting reform to reach America\u2019s clean energy goals \u2013 released the following statement after he supported permitting reform as an amendment to the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act:\n\n\u201cThe world is literally in a race with climate change. We cannot afford to waste valuable time \u2014 time which we really don\u2019t have \u2014 to implement viable, efficient solutions in our transition to renewable energy,\u201d said Senator King. \u201cFor example, it takes fifteen years just to permit a mine producing the minerals needed for batteries of electric vehicles given all the red tape and bureaucracy \u2013 and that\u2019s just one project of hundreds that are needed. By failing to pass commonsense permitting reform, the Senate has sent the country\u2019s clean energy future back to the drawing board and potentially put us years behind where we should be. I have always advocated for strict environmental standards, but also for a timely and predicable environmental process \u2013 that is exactly what this bill was all about.\n\n\u201cI think that we\u2019ve reached a point where most Americans realize that climate change is real. The fishermen, farmers, and loggers in Maine know the urgency of this threat, and it\u2019s deeply disappointing that some of my Senate colleagues do not share this understanding,\u201d continued Senator King. \u201cThis bill should not be controversial. It would have made simple changes that both sides of the aisle have long called for to expedite energy projects without diluting environmental standards in the slightest. Despite the frustrating partisan games today, I will keep working on a bipartisan basis with my colleagues to find a path forward so that we can make our clean energy future a reality.\u201d\n\nSenator King recently spoke from the Senate floor on the need for permitting reform, and the tradeoffs that will be required in the transition to renewable energy, which can be watched HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-statement-on-failed-permitting-reform-vote"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.738385297358036, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}