Today we are facing an unprecedented opportunity to shape America’s economic future. We can reshore American manufacturing, take the lead on an AI revolution and establish a foundation for the most robust and secure economy our nation has ever seen – but we have to be able to fuel that future. We must leverage America’s core competitive advantage – our vast domestic energy supplies – and commit to building essential energy infrastructure to meet this substantive demand growth.

Factions that stand in the way of new energy infrastructure don’t have their facts straight. It is a false narrative to argue that new investments in pipes and transmission will impose prohibitive costs on customers. Simply put, building new infrastructure will keep energy affordable and reliable, which is what families and businesses expect and deserve; but we must move past the dysfunctional permitting system that is standing in our way.

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