Senate Environment Committee Chairman Capito Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Federal Environmental Review, Permitting Process
February 07, 2026
February 07, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Process, Part 2":
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"Today we will continue our discussion on the need to modernize our federal environmental review and permitting process.
"I would like to begin by th . . .
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"Today we will continue our discussion on the need to modernize our federal environmental review and permitting process.
"I would like to begin by th . . .